{"id":200,"date":"2026-09-29T00:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/?p=200"},"modified":"2026-09-29T00:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:56:15","slug":"edinburgh-church-with-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/2026\/09\/29\/edinburgh-church-with-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh: Church with David"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Written by Anna Van Patten<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While visiting the beautifully light filled Christian Science church in Edinburgh, I had the opportunity to converse with a lovely member of their board, David by name. Over the years, he has had a loose connection with Principia, including helping them with a geology abroad along the western fault line over fifty years ago which he recalled fondly. Also a proud father and grandfather, he enjoyed sharing some of his family\u2019s accomplishments like his daughter\u2019s work with the Kelpies park in Falkirk. Notably, he shared his deep love for Scotland and Edinburgh in particular. Recalling his childhood in Edinburgh, he shared that his school recently celebrated their 300th anniversary. As a young man, he worked in an Edinburgh steelworks as an engineer. Referring to the changes Edinburgh has experienced during his time, he called his city an \u201cindustrial wasteland,\u201d but he continued affectionately, \u201cwe survive.\u201d&nbsp; He said that it is \u201csmall enough to get around\u201d while still having \u201call the amenities of the city,\u201d including its lovely parks. I also enjoyed the parks and found Scotland and Edinburgh lovable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Anna Van Patten While visiting the beautifully light filled Christian Science church in Edinburgh, I had the opportunity to converse with a lovely member of their board, David by name. Over the years, he has had a loose connection with Principia, including helping them with a geology abroad along the western fault line [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/scotland2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}