Good evening all! It is again another ending to another fabulous day. Today we started with chapel at 10am then to church history. From there we ate lunch together as community. After lunch came theology of pastoral care. These two classes were amazing. Each class is started with devotions and prayer. Which not only is it important as a Christian to be enveloped in reading and prayer but also allows us as a community to center ourselves on the Spirit. Tonight has been homework from the time I was able to sit down to now. I still have some to go tonight but not that much. Which brings me to the topic of my post this evening. I just finished my first 6 of many other chapters to go in church history. The point of reflection whcih I am mulling over in my tired head is that of the firm standing of the early Christians. This in reference to the Christians of the Roman empire and more specifically to those who were persecuted for simply being Chrisitan! Imagine for a moment that you were just baptized, not as a child but just baptized. Take it a few years later still young in your faith and the government sees being a Christian a crime. That if you are found out to be a Christian you are brough to trial. Once there you are given a choice. The first is to recant to the Roman government and their hellenisitic roots. You must worship the Emperor above all else. Next you must curse the name of Christ our Lord and Savior. If you do not commit to either acts you are executed for holding true to your faith. If we could only today have the same firm roots as the Christians of the past.

Peace,

Jason