After leaving Athens and the Acropolis and Mars Hill behind we headed north in our coach for the village of Kalambaka, about 4 hours drive. We stopped for lunch at a cafeteria along the way before reaching our destination at about 3:45 pm. The road we took ran over mountains and through fertile valleys where farming of every kind happens. Little villages dotted the landscape as we drove, and it was a very pleasant drive. Tonight we catch up with a group of New...

Today we started out early with a visit to the Acropolis and to Mars hill as spoken about in Acts 17. The Acropolis is a very high point in the centre of Athens township. It was a temple dedicated to and what a magnificent structure it is. The years and invading forces have not been kind to it and it stands now partially standing with repair and restoration work well underway. The first thing that struck me on the way up was the marble paths; in fact everything...

Standing in the middle of the old town market place was a humbling experience. We read these verses: chapter 18 of Acts 12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him into court. 13 "This man," they charged, "is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law." 14 Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanour or serious c...

The photo you see here is a four sided column outside the Church of Saint Paul in Corinth. On it is Corinthians chapter 13, or the love chapter, in four different languages. On the return journey to Athens, Poulis talked to us about this column. As many of you may know, the Corinthian Church had some real issues that Paul had to contend with, some say it was his worst Church! You will remember that the temple in Corinth had many temple prostitutes as Corinth w...

My reading today: Mark 3:13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He appointed twelve-designating them apostles-that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons. I wonder what God has in store for us today? He has certainly called us to this place, and we have come, and we want, desperately to be with Him. Yes! He is here in this place! And w...