Posts with the tag ‘First Presbyterian Church of Stamford’


Moving Mountains One Strike of the Chisel at a Time

December 21, 2011

Several centuries ago, long before power tools, an Ethiopian king by the name of Lalibela had the big idea to build a church out of the side of a  mountain. He didn’t see the challenges, or if he did he didn’t let them get in his way. King Lalibela saw the monumental rock as a source of building material and perhaps he even drew inspiration from Christ’s promise to the disciple Peter, “Upon this rock, I shall build my church.” And so King Lalibela did build a church. Well, let me modify that. Many, many workers did the chiseling and in time, there were 11… Read More…


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