Month: September 2022

The Forum (Rome)

This part of Rome interests me – it is where I want to take my pictures

Not of the famous fountains Nor churches or statues, but of these ruins
Not the Colosseum, Not the Trevi Fountain, Not the Churches of a Dan Brown Novel, Not the Vatican or even the Sistine Chapel (really!) those have been captured so many times, better than I could ever do

Three lone columns without a building, many broken and fallen stone pieces
This is the Rome that I want to share
The Forum

Confession

Questioning my Faith
During services, we acknowledge world troubles, from children not being able to play outside on the southside, flooding in Pakiston and the War in the Ukraine
And then we pray
And my faith asks me: “what are we going to do?”
The Money contributed to the Kansas election
How do I respond? The Futility of trying to respond. Am I responsible, are my offerings contributing to this.
You don’t have to agree to everything, don’t worry about everything
But does that mean that I can pick and choose.

Evangelists

the authors attributed with the creation of the four canonical Gospel accounts
Matthew (called by Jesus to be one of the twelve Apostles)
Symbolized by Winged Man or Angel
Mark (a follower of Peter and therefore a “apostolic man”)
Symbolized by the Winged Lion
Luke (close friend of Paul)
Symbolized by Winged Ox or Bull
John (called by Jesus to be one of the twelve Apostles)
Symbolized by the Eagle

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Evangelists