Today's Classic Sign

The town of Wallsend, in North Tyneside, was the end of Hadrian's Wall, constructed by the Romans to defend the border of the Empire against the rebelling tribes beyond. To commemorate this historical connection (which is also reflected in the town's name), since 2003 most of the signs in Wallsend station on the Tyne and Wear Metro have been in both English and Latin.

And, of course, we thank Punki for posting some examples on Flickr, one of the best of which is reproduced below.

Many thanks to the Latinstudy list for bringing this great fact to my attention.

Today's Religious Video

Not all churches can subscribe to the sentiments in the video embedded below. But the ones that do are worth thinking about attending. They take nearly every reason for not going to church and turn it around. The only one I've heard that they don't address is "The church would burn down if I went into it."

At their best, churches can be like this collection of people—a collection of seekers after light and fellowship. At their worst, they're something else.

Watch the video.