Ruined for the Ordinary

I went to Rome this week with the other women of Josiah Venture for our annual spring women’s conference. It was really amazing. I saw the Vatican, St. Peter’s Basilica, The Sistine Chapel, the ancient ruins of the Roman senate, the gardens and ruins of past palaces, and my favorite: the Coliseum. I walked among the reminders of what used to be, and I was overwhelmed with it all! I have studied ancient Rome and read about how great it was in its day, but to stand amidst the remnants and to almost be able to visualize it….was absolutely incredible. (Read on …)