Italy in the Spring

Ah, what a lovely time to visit Italy.  The weather is perfect, the color is awesome, the wine is  good, the people are so friendly. Wait a minute!  What happened?  Oh, yes . . . Oh, well, there’s always next year —- maybe.

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…

Pax Romana

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you.  Hebrews 13:24  NASB Italy – From 27 BCE to 180 CE, the Roman Empire experienced relative internal peace.  There were still wars with hostile regions, but tradition suggests that the period was less militarily aggressive than either the centuries before or…