Cathedrals – Household Words:

THE MAJESTY AND GLORY OF A NAME: DISCOVERING MY FATHER IN AN ITALIAN CATHEDRAL.

(After posting some 1,200 Bible studies and/or devotionals, this is the first that is simply a personal narrative. A true story/ memoir. Yes, it makes a nice story about David’s Psalm 8. But it’s a story. Posted here for fun.) I was a father myself when Mama hit me with serious questions about my father,Continue reading “THE MAJESTY AND GLORY OF A NAME: DISCOVERING MY FATHER IN AN ITALIAN CATHEDRAL.”

“SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE” Colossians 3:2.

The Middle Ages: Disease. Cities filled with sewage, rats, and dirty water. Physicians practice bloodletting (draining up to 80% of a patient’s blood), purging (meds to cause vomiting or diarrhea), and extreme sweat treatments. (Such so-called ‘heroic medicine’ often hastens the patient’s death.) You are better off poor—poor enough to avoid doctors, that is, butContinue reading ““SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE” Colossians 3:2.”