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Spring Is Coming
Today in Parma. Oh, and the main street in town.
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The Look of Lockdown
It’s early tourist season in Italy. As you can see, there are lots of tour groups here in Parma. 🙂 Just count all the people. Oh, wait, there’s isn’t anyone here. Restaurants are not allowed to be open after 5:30PM. Grocery stores now allow only 10 people at a time in the shop. Trains are…
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Life in the “Red Zone”
As you probably know, Italy has enforced a “lock down” of most of the northern provinces. Parma is one of these. So 16 million people, including us, are now prevented from traveling. Life in Parma is changing. The Italian economy will probably crash. We are fine, but these great people here aren’t. Here are some…
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Paul within Judaism
I have a terrific announcement. Mark Nanos, author and editor of the collection we are currently studying on the web site ivebeenskipped.com, will be offering his comments on the topic. If you are a participant in the study group, you will be able to listen to Mark’s insights into Paul. This is a rare opportunity….
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Pay Attention
Today I was in the Duomo in Parma, using a long telephoto to get pictures of the details in the ceiling. Since the Duomo is perhaps 60 feet from floor to ceiling, and it’s always dark, I knew I would find something there that you wouldn’t usually see. Low and behold, here are two examples….
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Scare Tactics
Somewhere in most churches in Italy (and maybe in all of Europe) you will find something like this. Since this depiction has been part of the church for centuries, you can well imagine why Heschel characterized Christianity as a religion of death rather than life.
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God of All Nations
Experiencing the power of pagan worship in other parts of the world makes it possible to appreciate just how difficult it was for Paul and the disciples to speak about the one true God in the first century Roman Empire. The same family-civil cult continues today, as evidenced by this photo I took just a…
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