Last week I received an email from a friend that had attached to it several pictures of a bell. They were taken by a friend of his who had recently been traveling in Pakistan and had come upon a bell in a church compound in Larkana, a city in the province of Sindh. […]
Bell Talk and Book Signing
I have two “Bell Talk and Book Signing” events coming up in the Twin Cities this weekend and next weekend. Here are the details: Saturday, February 4 @ Bethlehem Baptist Church (downtown campus) 720 8th Ave. S. Minneapolis Time: 7:15PM (following the evening service) Saturday, February 11 @ Bethlehem Baptist Church (north campus) 5151 Program […]
Tianjin Churches
I and a few friends spent yesterday afternoon traipsing around the city of Tianjin looking for old church bells. Why Tianjin, you may ask? First of all, with the high speed train that runs every ten minutes between Beijing and Tianjin, it’s an easy ‘day trip’ destination. In our case, it was just an afternoon […]
The Bells of St. Paul’s Church
As Amy and I slipped quietly into the church pew at the old St. Paul’s Church in Qingdao (now known simply as Guanxiang Road Church) one of the ushers spotted us, smiled, and came over to where we sat. “Aren’t you the two ladies who were here yesterday asking about the old church bell?” he […]