“Not all those who wander are lost.” ― The Fellowship of the Ring.
Once again, my husband and I have another Christian nerd bucket list trip planned to Italy to study how the church developed, split, and spread in that section of the world. I hope to learn more about how ancient churches visually represented women who participated in early church life and ministry. We will be traveling with a group of Christians involved in healthcare ministry and should have some good talks about our interests. We will eat pasta, seafood, and pizza while enjoying local vino! My diet will start after the trip.
We are blessed to have a couple from our church who will live at our house to care for the pugs and feed my backyard birds. They are a fantastic couple, and we, as well as the pugs, are so grateful.
Posts
From Dee
Week of 3/20 Two posts and EChurch
Week of 3/27 Two posts and EChurch
Week of 4/3 Two posts and EChurch.
I may sneak in a post or two, but not sure.
From Todd
Todd may put up a post or two and schedule it for any convenient day.
Approving comments
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Prayers/ sending good thoughts:
Please pray or think good thoughts for my 94-year-old mother, who is doing fine but remains exceptionally fragile. My two children who live in the area will check in on her. She is well cared for in Assisted Living, and I feel at peace currently.
Bon Voyage!
FreshGrace(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Enjoy!
JJallday(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
What a wonderful trip!
Cathleen(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Enjoy your trip! I’ll be here with ongoing construction wishing I was anywhere.
Bridget(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Sounds like a great trip.
Good move waiting until after the trip to start a diet. Haha.
Afterburne(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
I hope the whole trip is spectacular!
CynthiaW.(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Hope the trip is super fun.
God bless.
Oracle at Delphi(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
“I hope to learn more about how ancient churches visually represented women who participated in early church life and ministry.”
Wonderful. Looking forward to your shares. God bless. Enjoy.
Ava Aaronson(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
I couldn’t blame you if you just went dark while in Italy. I hope you enjoy the trip, learn a lot, and stay safe……. and bring back some photos to share with us!
Nancy2(aka Kevlar)(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Enjoy, and safe travels!
Sarah (aka Wild Honey)(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
*Jealous*! Have a great time, Dee!
Muslin, fka Dee Holmes(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
“My diet will start after the trip.”
I thought I was the only one who did that! Remember, you will be in a part of the world where the Mediterranean Diet originated, so stick with that. 🙂
Also, in case you didn’t know … ‘real’ pizza in Italy does not resemble the Americanized version.
I look forward to you setting us all straight on historical Christianity when you get back. Enjoy your study (and pizza)!
Max(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
You mean Christianity has a history between the Book of Acts (mythologized Golden Age Holy History) and God Revealing Himself to Our Founding Apostle to Restore the REAL New Testament Church (guess who)?
Who’d a thunk it…
Headless Unicorn Guy(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Enjoy! I am curious which historical Christianity you will be studying? Currently I am on a deep dive into those groups that never became part of the RCC or Eastern churches. An overlooked part of the historical church.
linda(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Be safe Deezers and come back to us safe and sound.
And if ya’ see him, say hi to Fr. Guido Sarducci.
Muff Potter(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Glad you have this opportunity to travel and learn first hand.
Be safe and enjoy!
christiane(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Buon viaggio, Dee & Bob – have a lovely time.
You may be surprised at how strong the Greek influence is in southern Italy. Even after the schism, for a couple of centuries the churches built there were architecturally more Byzantine than Roman, and the language of the area was Greek rather than Italian. It’s pretty fascinating.
Thanks again for all your work here, and for whatever you care to write about your trip.
D.
dainca(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
https://www.logos.com/grow/nook-christian-women-history/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5a0c1346-2760-4b3e-931d-3d5825430060#
Not to steal any of Dee’s thunder but I came across this article today from the Mutuality magazine (of CBE International) and I hope that she gets to visit some of these same sights. What a wonderful heritage of women in the church!
FreshGrace(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Dee, it’ll be difficult to pray for your trip because the sin of envy will be upon me. My wife and I were in Italy in March of 2011 and this is a nice time of year to visit. We got pretty familiar with Siena and Florence, and the art and architecture is unbelievable, and everywhere. Have a great trip.
Ted(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
FreshGrace,
Thx for the wonderful link. I want to spend some time with this information. It’s encouraging. From the link:
“Christ gave women agency in an age when society did not. Their witness can give women today courage to step out in faith and obedience in the face of opposition.”
Ava Aaronson(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
If only the fundagelical ‘complementarians’ could see that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5RuCEhHcG4
Muff Potter(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
You all are such nice people. One 5th-grade boy at church told me our church had many nice people. He is right. He would say the same about the good folks here.
dee(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
I hope that little guy is always in a church like that! It’s been my observation after doing church in America for 70+ years that it is a mixture of nice people and some of the meanest people on the planet.
Max(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)