Next week I leave for Italy, 15 days of service in Bologna, down to Florence, and eventually to Rome. Following is a little prelude… a glimpse of what it’s like to be a missionary on the peninsula by my colleague and good friend Mark Brucato (caution: don’t watch this on an empty stomach, lest your mouth salivate and cause you to drool upon your keyboard).
Pastors and Politics
I remember that lunch like it was yesterday. I was only 20 years old and not looking to offend my militant herbivorous colleagues. One by