Dennis Lennox

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  • Travel: Postcard from the Gulf of America

    Travel: Postcard from the Gulf of America

    By almost any American context, Galveston is an old city. Located about 52 miles from Houston, Galveston is a city and county on a 30-mile-long barrier island of the same name. Anyone who has ever taken a gulf cruise has probably come through the port.

  • Travel: Visiting Turkey 1,700 years after the Nicene Creed was adopted

    Travel: Visiting Turkey 1,700 years after the Nicene Creed was adopted

    It’s hard to imagine Christianity without the Nicene Creed. Seventeen hundred years ago, what became the defining statement of Christianity was adopted in Nicaea (present-day Iznik, Turkey). Back then, Iznik was an outpost of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine the Great in what used to be called Asia Minor.

  • Travel: Discovering America as she turns 250

    Travel: Discovering America as she turns 250

    Maybe you’ve heard about America’s 250th birthday being in 2026.Officially, this is called a semiquincentennial.

  • Travel: Postcard from Ottawa

    Travel: Postcard from Ottawa

    As capital cities go, the Canadian capital of Ottawa is a somewhat overlooked destination, even though it’s the fourth-largest city in the country.

  • Travel: Discover Renaissance churches during an airport stay

    Travel: Discover Renaissance churches during an airport stay

    When planning to see the reopened Notre Dame Cathedral I also decided to spend a couple of nights at Charles de Gaulle Airport, as I had heard from a French friend of mine that a few local churches rivaled the art and architecture of notable churches in Paris.

  • Travel: New Orleans is open as the state steps forward to keep visitors safe

    Travel: New Orleans is open as the state steps forward to keep visitors safe

    Is New Orleans safe? That was a question I kept asking myself over the course of four nights at a hotel just a short walk from the French Quarter.

  • Travel: In Paris, Notre Dame is open but visiting may be a challenge

    Travel: In Paris, Notre Dame is open but visiting may be a challenge

    Notre Dame is arguably the most important part of the City of Light. In the year before the 2019 fire, it was the most-visited place in all of France with 12 million visitors.

  • Travel: Finding Tiffany’s masterpiece chapel in Florida

    Travel: Finding Tiffany’s masterpiece chapel in Florida

    In a museum in a somewhat overlooked suburb of Orlando is an ornate chapel unlike anything I have ever seen.

  • In Dallas, this megachurch is Episcopalian

    In Dallas, this megachurch is Episcopalian

    God isn’t quite done with the Episcopal Church. That was travel writer Dennis Lennox's impression after a recent trip to Texas took him to the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas. Admittedly, this part of the country is still culturally Christian. The parking lots of most churches across all denominations are considerably fuller than their counterparts elsewhere.

  • Travel: Postcard from Clarksville, Tennessee

    Travel: Postcard from Clarksville, Tennessee

    Once an outpost on the early frontier and later a port for steamers carrying tobacco and cotton, this town in northern Tennessee is today a hidden gem.

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