
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
William Faulkner
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Only in Rome is it Possible to Understand Rome.
I am astonished to be able to say that I’ve been to Rome half a dozen times. With only one exception, however, I’ve never spent the night there. Living in Naples, we are only an hour away by high-speed train and so we’ve made several day trips to the Eternal City, enough that I’m rather…
So. Much. Art.
After mom and dad arrived with Keyran, we checked them into their hotel on base and let them rest. We introduced them to Neapolitan pizza from our favorite local restaurant their first night in Italy, but there was little time to adjust before we began the first leg of our Italian Summer Vacation. Our first…
The Scandal of a Vulnerable God
Contrary to a popular holiday meme, Mary and Joseph were not indigent, and they were not refugees. They had no expectations of anyone else providing for their needs and went to the inn knowing payment would be expected. Joseph was a tradesman—a carpenter—and they were in Bethlehem to register themselves in a census so that…
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