August 7, 2014 Thursday

Dancing!  arms waving turning and jumping, 25 minutes and more at closing!  AH, VBS


John - the crucifixion and resurrection story.  What a joy to be able to tell the story to the captive audience.  Blessedly they were very intent and involved.  Jesus died for you.  God the Savior.


On this day:
1993 - 21 years ago on this day, my mom and her brother Hank and his wife Theresa drove to Florida to see Mom's brother Ted who was dying of cancer.  Mom talks about it a lot.  She is so glad they made the trip, which wasn't easy for any of them, to say goodbye.  Glad she has that memory.  A lot can happen in 21 years.  Uncle Hank and Aunt Theresa are both gone now, Mom is the only one left of her generation on either side of my family.  Make the most of your time, at least call.


1960 - The Cuban Catholic Church condemned the rise of communism in Cuba. Fidel Castro then banned all religious TV and radio broadcasts. Someone needed to take that guy to VBS.


Parenting - Mom is asleep in her chair, but later she will say "I don't think I got a nap today"  At 92 she still does well, loves going out to lunch, get her hair done, and go to church.  You just have to allow a little extra time.


Book Club - Voyager by Diana Gabaldon.  Watched the pilot for the first episode of the Outlander series that STARZ is running on my computer last night.  Too good.  Voyager is the 3rd book in the series, did I tell you that?


Cairo Egypt:

See also: History of Egypt and Timeline of Cairo

Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933). On the Way between Old and New Cairo, Citadel Mosque of Mohammed Ali, and Tombs of the Mamelukes, 1872. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum

Initial settlements[edit]

A rendition of Fustat from A. S. Rappoport's History of Egypt

The area around present-day Cairo, especially Memphis, had long been a focal point of Ancient Egypt due to its strategic location just upstream from the Nile Delta. However, the origins of the modern city is generally traced back to a series of settlements in the first millennium. Around the turn of the 4th century,^[12] as Memphis was continuing to decline in importance,^[13] the Romans established a fortress town along the east bank of the Nile. This fortress, known as Babylon, remains the oldest structure in the city. It is also situated at the nucleus of the Coptic Orthodox community, which separated from the Roman and Byzantine church in the late 4th century. Many of Cairo's oldest Coptic churches, including the Hanging Church, are located along the fortress walls in a section of the city known as Coptic Cairo.