Written on the Heart

This is going to be a week that involves a lot of home work as i foretell.  Yesterday was therefore a lot of home work!  Not so fun, but i did something that i didn't think possible: i finished Sense and Sensibility.  It was an interesting novel, very well written, not one of my favorites.  I think one reason for this is the crazy schedule in which we were asked to read it and everything else, therefore this meant i was reading it on the train, tube, buss, and every spare second...its hard to concentrate in these moments.

However, for lunch Kaylee and I went to the Princess Diana cafe.  I had Humus and Falafel, it was way different but good!  It was fun to just get out and see the city again...there is so much that i want to do here, London is out of this world, it always brings something new and exciting around any turn.  If one wants a new adventure just get off at a different tube stop and walk around.




After lunch and dinner, we went to the play Written on the Heart which is a play concerning William Tyndale and a Bishop working to translate the Bible in two different era's: one, the time of King Henry VIII and the other James I.  King Henry VIII persecuted this attempt and killed all those who attempted the work, while James sponsored the work.  The contrast between these two times was vivid.  It was interesting to me to see played on stage some of the contentions on how the bible was to be translated.  The play depicted the struggle between church and state, and how this struggle translated directly into the work of translating the Bible.  The word chooses were directly affected by the offices and positions of those involved, none the less the king and Arch bishop himself.  They argued over words to help color the meanings they sought to portray, for example wither a word should be translated: church or congregation; penance or repentance; fold or flock ...

The play was also telling in that it gave birth to questions of integrity and repentance.  Should we do the right thing regardless of the circumstances and can we learn from past mistakes?  One of the most interesting points is that the main character despite visions with William Tyndale himself still decides to sway the bible in light of his position, this shows a view that they believe the bible has been erroneously translated in cases to fit the view of the time.

All in all a very great play, it left me thinking about what was paid for the Bible and how grateful i am for the restored Church of Jesus Christ.