The Cathedral That Survived the Fire
On April 15, 2019, the world watched in horror as flames consumed the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris. Eight hundred years of history disappeared into...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17.
On April 15, 2019, the world watched in horror as flames consumed the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris. Eight hundred years of history disappeared into smoke. The iconic spire collapsed. Tourists wept on the banks of the Seine. But when firefighters finally entered the charred interior, they discovered something remarkable. The medieval stone vaults — the massive ribbed arches built on the original twelfth-century foundation — had held.…
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