Day 4 (Corinth and Nafplion)
On this day we first visited the ruins of ancient Corinth. It was here at this excavation site that we partook in communion. Next we headed towards the highest point of Corinth, the Acrocorinth! We only had an hour and of course the mentality of us ambitious ones was to get to the top. But of course we get there in a ridiculous short amount of time (15 to 20 minutes I think). The sight from this natural pinnacle was breathtaking, even more the natural landscape was indeed beautiful. Here we got to climb onto other rocks and just soak in this wonder. Then we drove to the town of Nafplion and were given free time to explore the city and so we did. Visited the shops, beach and just had a good time in this small town. We got back to Tolo and had our last dinner there. Afterwards we made sure to say bye to our awesome gelato lady and left her a generous tip and countless thanks.
Communion is something we've all been a part of. But in Corinth it was just a whole different experience. Perhaps it was the open air, the group I was with, or the ruins on which lay beneath and around me. All that aside this moment showed me just how powerful the Lord can move in this ritual we in the church have unfortunately at times made "trivial". I know that it's not supposed to be an all exclusive thing, however the sacredness of communion I feel has been deteriorating. But it was in ancient Corinth that made me think of all this and made me wonder on what we could possibly do to bring the level of sacredness that the Lord deserves. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that we are totally disrespectful to God in our actions. In fact I'm just saying that the church should give more reverence to the Lord, externally but most importantly internally.
Then once again on the Acrocorinth the wonders of God's creation came alive once more. How amazing it is to just see all that He's created and how he has gifted man to be able to forge such structures. I'll say this again the view from the top was just breathtaking.
On this day we first visited the ruins of ancient Corinth. It was here at this excavation site that we partook in communion. Next we headed towards the highest point of Corinth, the Acrocorinth! We only had an hour and of course the mentality of us ambitious ones was to get to the top. But of course we get there in a ridiculous short amount of time (15 to 20 minutes I think). The sight from this natural pinnacle was breathtaking, even more the natural landscape was indeed beautiful. Here we got to climb onto other rocks and just soak in this wonder. Then we drove to the town of Nafplion and were given free time to explore the city and so we did. Visited the shops, beach and just had a good time in this small town. We got back to Tolo and had our last dinner there. Afterwards we made sure to say bye to our awesome gelato lady and left her a generous tip and countless thanks.
Communion is something we've all been a part of. But in Corinth it was just a whole different experience. Perhaps it was the open air, the group I was with, or the ruins on which lay beneath and around me. All that aside this moment showed me just how powerful the Lord can move in this ritual we in the church have unfortunately at times made "trivial". I know that it's not supposed to be an all exclusive thing, however the sacredness of communion I feel has been deteriorating. But it was in ancient Corinth that made me think of all this and made me wonder on what we could possibly do to bring the level of sacredness that the Lord deserves. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that we are totally disrespectful to God in our actions. In fact I'm just saying that the church should give more reverence to the Lord, externally but most importantly internally.
Then once again on the Acrocorinth the wonders of God's creation came alive once more. How amazing it is to just see all that He's created and how he has gifted man to be able to forge such structures. I'll say this again the view from the top was just breathtaking.
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| Communion at the ruins of Corinth |
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| On the top of the Acrocorinth |
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| Just wandering on the top of the Acrocorinth |
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| The town of Nafplion |
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| Last night in Tolo with our loving gelato lady |
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