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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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View fullsize The grave marker of Adele Brise in Champion near Door County.. composed in Walloon, related to French and still spoken in southern Belgium

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Personal Symbolism of an Altar

February 15, 2026
Tags: finland, church, Lutheran, altar, self

Taking Church Photos

February 15, 2026
Tags: finland, church, material, stone, Lutheran

Church of the Rock

February 14, 2026
Tags: finland, church, tourism, Sixties, Lutheran

A Martin Luther Bookstore

February 14, 2026
Tags: finland, books, bookstore, Lutheran

Take Me Back to the Chapel

February 14, 2026
Tags: finland, comic, happiness, self

Moomin at 80

February 14, 2026
Tags: finland, comic, world war 2, business

Bibles for the Silence

February 14, 2026
Tags: finland, Lutheran, bible, chapel, private space, self

The Silent Center

February 13, 2026
Tags: individualism, chapel, self, finland, mindfulness

The Kamppi Chapel

February 13, 2026
Tags: finland, chapel, city, Lutheran

Where to Now?

February 13, 2026
Tags: finland, church, design, worship

Eyes versus Ears

February 12, 2026
Tags: finland, church, Lutheran, music, organ, interior scene

War Dead + Bible

February 12, 2026
Tags: finland, plaques, world war 2, bible, nation

The Authority of Luther

February 09, 2026
Tags: finland, statue, church, Lutheran

Holding the Lutheran Eye

February 08, 2026
Tags: finland, church, Lutheran, painting, architecture

The Great White Helsinki Cathedral

February 08, 2026
Tags: finland, church, Orthodox, 19th century, architecture
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