Easter in Greece

After a holiday in Greece I am back at LAMB. It was wonderful to spend time with my family; parents and brother in Athens. There is so much (rubble) to see. Everywhere you look there is another pillar, column or piece of an ancient statue testifying to how old the place is.
The Greeks can boast of the oldest democratic constitution in the world - more than two thousand years old. It didn't include women and slaves, nobody is perfect. (They have changed it since.)
In Dubai, on the way to Athens, an electronics show offered to take a three dimensional photo of me and save it in a square of crystal glass. It was impressive, but it was nothing like the 3D statues the artists made in Greece around the time of Christ. The (remains of) old buildings and statues were truly impressive. The 3D photos in Dubai were a little expensive anno 2009. I reckon it would have been expensive in 9 AD too.
It was a great way to celebrate my mother's seventieth birthday.
Easter Sunday we participated in a Sonrise service at Areopagus, where Paul spoke to the Athenians. There wasn't quite the crowd I imagine would have been there in Acts 17, but the message was still about salvation in Christ.