My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Occupation	Presbyterian Minister, Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England & Wales
Location	Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Introduction	Hello. I am Richard Holst, married to Tegwen and now retired from pastoral charge. We have 3 sons, one an OPC pastor in Connecticut, one an anaesthetist and one an OPC pastor in Georgia, USA. There are 9 grandchildren - all delightful in their peculiar ways. I am a retired minister of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England & Wales but continue to preach, work on presbytery committees and do some lecturing on a taught MA course at WEST. I am a member of the executive committee of the International Conference of Reformed Churches. I like fishing and watching rugby.
Interests	Biblical Studies, Welsh Calvinistic Methodism, Sea Angling, Birds & Flowers, Reading Spy novels & military stuff, watching rugby from an arm-chair and a passing interest in historical architecture and old churches as buildings.
Favorite movies	Last of the Mohicans, The Bourne trilogy, Gods & Generals, Gettysburg, Band of Brothers, Day of the Jackal, 24
Favorite music	Theme from Last of the Mohicans, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydn's Creation, Blue grass Music, Country & Roy Orbison.
Favorite books	Frederick Forsythe & Bernard Cornwell novels, John Murray's Theological writings, James Henley Thornwell, Reader's Digest Book of British Birds