Well, it took around 23 years, but today I finally did 10 chin-ups. Pay up, Daddy-O.
According to www.measuringworth.com, 300 pesos in 1985 was worth approximately...$2 US. You owe me a cinnamon-crunch bagel from Panera next time I'm in town. Deal?
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The Sunken Church
This blog follows the life, ministry and adventures of the Casey family. We were missionaries in Ancona, Italy from 2000 until 2011. We are now adventuring in the US of A, experimenting with running a business, growing a garden, raising a family and challenging the Church to break outside the box and adopt new forms to reach a new generation with the truth of the Gospel.
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About Me
- Jason Casey
- Born in Santiago, Chile I have grown up on the move - lived in some 15 different homes. I am a 'word' person - enjoying almost anything to do with books and literature. I love exploring God's great world and helping people find their place in it.
sunken
The story goes like this:
There once was a church down by the port in Ancona, Italy. With the passing of time, shaken by earthquakes and beaten by the winds, the foundations of the church crumbled and the church toppled into the sea. A friend of ours shared with us that she remembers, as a little girl, playing along the pier and seeing the remains of the church under the water. She remembers seeing the cross from the top of the church under the surface. She told us that some say that if the wind was strong enough and the waves choppy enough, you could even hear the bells...
The story leads to this question:
If we were to raise her out of the water, if we were to restore her completely to what she was originally intended to be...what would she look like? If we were to remove her from all the traditions that humankind has surrounded her with and drowned her in...who would she be?
2 comments:
Sounds like a good deal to me.... Are you sure you wouldn't rather have the 300 Chilean pesos? I think I can scrounge them up in my souvenir currency box....
Now, what will you give ME, if I can do 10 chin-ups?
Dad
Man, I have to think about this. You've always been pretty buff but you're not as thin as you used to be...I'd say I would buy you a ticket to see someone like Paul Simon...although he's mostly playing up in Brooklyn. How about his latest CD?
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