The Cross in the Ruins
On the morning of November 15, 1940, Provost Richard Howard walked through the smoldering shell of Coventry Cathedral. German incendiary bombs had gutted the medieval...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Genesis 3:9-15, 20.
On the morning of November 15, 1940, Provost Richard Howard walked through the smoldering shell of Coventry Cathedral. German incendiary bombs had gutted the medieval sanctuary overnight, leaving only jagged walls and heaps of charred timber against the English sky. Parishioners wept in the streets. Six centuries of worship — gone in a single night. But Howard did something remarkable.…
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