We were on the Isle of Patmos, just outside the cave where St. John is said to have lived in exile and to have written his letters to the Asian churches.
"Those seven messages are so alive today, so relevant, they might well have been written for us," our tour lecturer, a canon in the Church of England, told the group. "For instance, to the church at Ephesus, where we were yesterday, John wrote, Thou hast left thy first love.'" Rev. 2:4;
This inspired man of the cloth paused, then quietly added, "You may want to give some thought to your 'first love.'"
