This past weekend 10 members of our core group held a planning retreat in El Escorial. We stayed in the very house where Philip II lived while supervising the construction of his palace/mausoleum, and from which he directed the Counter-reformation. How ironic that we were now planning to start a new Protestant church from his very living room!
While in El Escorial, we were encouraged by the inscription over our door, which says "Post Fata Resurgo" (Latin for "rise again after death"). We may adopt that phrase as a slogan for the new church! (Was Philip II a prophet?)
Peter McMillan and I biked home (72km). A wonderful way to enjoy a sunny, brisk winter day.
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