There is a saying ‘great minds think alike’ (with the ending ‘while fools seldom differ’...), and a recent visit to Chester Cathedral made me smile:

IMG_3059 This is another ‘alphabet of faith’, with Jesus Christ firmly at the centre (it says ‘The Cross of Christ’ and ‘Jesus Lives’ in the centre), with the other letters used to describe different roles people have within God’s church (eg ushers, vergers, welcomers, deans and so on.)

I love cathedrals, for they are places of history which connect our present-day worship with the worship which has gone on through the ages. At Chester, there was a permanent reminder of the Nativity:

IMG_3063… as well as a pictorial reminder of the Last Supper (heavily allegorical, since all the disciples except Judas are framed by haloes):

IMG_3065… plus my all-time favourite stained glass window, created for the Millennium, showing the six days of Creation:

creation windowMore unusually, there was a Lego exhibition also on view in the cathedral!

IMG_3069Garry liked the Lego bikes:

IMG_3075The 220,000 piece Titanic was impressive:

IMG_3089I’m still not quite sure why the Lego exhibition was in the Cathedral, but each visitor was invited to contribute to the model of the cathedral which is being built over the next three months, so if you fancy a day trip to Chester, you could join in with this too!