Asheville v. Roanoke
For many years, I have heard Asheville compared to Roanoke, with Roanoke on the lower end in the favorable column ... a lack of church steeples. Unlike Roanoke, which boasts a symbol of the devout nearly on every city block, churches were remarkably absent. Or at least for someone who is used to seeing church steeples [more...]
Date: 2008-06-22 10:09:00
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Marie Countryman's Photos of Church Steeple Renovation
One of the events we watched in Montpelier from October, 2007 to April, 2008, was the renovation of the Trinity United Methodist Church steeple. In the snow, rain, and sleet (you know what Vermont weather is like) the steeple jacks could ... installation will be enjoyed by Montpelierites for at least 150 years.While the steeple jacks were [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 01:26:00
Steeples
Church steeples rather than skyscrapers form Selma's downtown skyline.First Baptist Church is at left, and St. Paul's Episcopal is at right. Have a blessed Sunday! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 06:00:00
Perils of living on the Big Muddy…
I grew up in a small town on the Mississippi River. It was a fabulous place to grow up… safe, full of adventures, good education, stable economy ( ... with all the church steeples in downtown Burlington, is important. Most of the church buildings are very [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 00:42:19
California Wildfires a Sign God Displeased with Obama Win?
Applying the same rules the left did with Bush and natural disasters! The church steeple of the Sam Sung Presbyterian Church in Carbon Canyon near Brea, California stands tall as a wild fire bears down a hillside towards the church November 15, 2008. Remember [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 21:08:26
Wrath of Zeus?
Date: 2008-10-13 15:03:35
Ridgecrest Baptist Church
I have decided to post a picture of a local church each Sunday ... church. Ridgecrest has a nice steeple as well as a very elaborate website. I never knew churches were [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 01:27:00
Morning Thoughts
“All culture arises out of religion. When religious faith decays, culture must decline, though often seeming to flourish for a space after the religion which has nourished it has sunk into disbelief.” Russell Kirk “The Western world has lost its faith in the shadows of church steeples [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 11:59:16
Novaya Zemlya
Click to Watch As a politicized “Battle Royal,” director Aleksander Melnik’s film “Novaya Zemlya” (aka “Terra Nova”) follows the murderous/survivalist exploits of a banished Russian/Chechen prison population. The opening sequence features paper angels, a nugatory steeple church teetering along a hellfire [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 09:00:49
Day 53 - Fun in Vermont
September 13, 2008 Dale Once again we started the day with a planned route only to make changes mid-stream and have an even better time ... the steeple in repair is more than the congregation is willing to fund so it is taken down. Lunch ... through. Sadly, we are also seeing churches that have no steeple anymore, but instead a flat top [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 00:35:49
Touring Tampa
At the NCD Discernment Conference, we divided up to scope out neighborhoods that have been suggested as possible sites for new churches ... steeples that we were fairly certain they were more afraid about than engaged in what was going on along [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 04:42:25
Sunday Stills - Color
This weeks Sunday Stills challenge is simply color. A good choice during the dead of winter when color isn't what permeates our senses. This church steeple is reaching for that blue sky, which is an unusual site in January in the Pacific Northwest. We've had some beautiful days here on the North Coast this week. The picture below [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 15:08:00
Our New Home
For those of you who have been wondering, we're in our new house at last! ... the narrow street from us is a car repair shop (ironically housed in what used to be the local parish church, with a steeple and all), so the kids have lots to watch: workers, roosting doves, neighbors’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 09:15:00
The Glory of Caledonia
I shot this image earlier today. The view from the hill allows you to see a panoramic perspective on the ancient city of Edinburgh, from the Palace of Hollyrood—the home of Mary Queen of Scots, to the Royal Mile, to the Firth of Forth. And a careful examination of the many church steeples, buildings and roads reveals [more...]
Date: 2008-06-24 03:08:08
Oklahoma
I’ve been there. It’s beautiful, and the wind does whistle. My uncle lives in Oklahoma, Tulsa, specifically, although I have not seen him in years ... ’s second oil spot, very busy these days, with wide highways and white church steeples [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:19:19
blue sky and white steeples October 24, 2008
Posted by Sandy in photographs. Tags: new england, photographstrackback While we out leaf peeping this fall, I aimed my camera at steeples when we passed. Sometimes, I was lucky to catch them without wires. These are some of the prettiest, all taken in New Hampshire and Maine. They are all church steeples [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 19:39:47
I Heart Moderator Musings
This post is truly for the geekiest of church people. And to be perfectly honest, most people in the world care nothing about any of this. Tall Steeples. Denominations. Institutional Church. The world couldn't care less. So, I share this post knowing that it perpetuates everybody's problems with the established church. Sorry. Bruce [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 21:42:45
What the doctor told me
Jump to Comments He used to assess the medical fitness of pilots for the renewal of their commercial licenses and sometimes he suspected borderline ... I avoid flying over church steeples as it interrupts the connection between God and the Earth.” “Uh [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 22:20:04
Sankt Martin
If you should ever get the chance to visit the area in Germany where I grew up, you will notice one thing upon entering one of these small communities. As you drive into a small town you will notice a distinct feature on the horizon: two church steeples, one belonging [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 14:15:00
Papal Tweets for 2008-11-19
Thanksgiving looms. # Turned around suddenly this morning to find that the holiday season is sneaking up on me. Happens every year… # What am I doing? What AREN’T I doing? # Steeple is falling off of the church. Cost to repair “well north” of $100, 000. Trustees meeting to “discuss” this. Pastor to bring [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 04:59:59
the bends in the branches
Sometimes, he would be seen standing under the rain, his eyes closed, still as a statue. "Hey, Lui, what are you doing there? ... of the distant mountains, of the tree trunks, of the church steeples. Well, you can imagine how much Lui wanted [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 17:55:24
Finding the Strength to Stand (Mark 14:54, 66-75)
Date: 2009-01-19 17:49:00
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Date: 2008-11-11 03:38:47
Burn!
Drudge posted the following picture this morning above a link about the California fires. ... . In Intruder in the Dust, Lucas Beauchamp is reflecting on the church steeples he has seen. He says [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 14:59:50
Early Christianity IV
In those times there were no churches or steeples, no pews, no altars, as we know them. The Christmas holiday did not exist yet. Many things, like the date when Jesus was born, were totally uncertain [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 00:58:21
October in New England: Conflicting Signs, Competing Realities
This town where I live, this quintessential small New England village is beautiful in the Fall. Sometimes I forget how beautiful ... reality which surrounds me. Clean white wood frame houses, tall slender church steeples rising [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 14:26:18
HALLOWEEN'S ONLY A MONTH AWAY!!!!!!!
Halloween is only a month away!!!!!!! I'd intended to do a review of what's on display in the Halloween stores this year, ... and from a distance all you could see were old, wooden church steeples rising above mounds [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 07:54:44
How To “Avoid” Photo Editing Software
Church steeple at sunlight With programs such as PhotoShop, it’s becoming easier and easier to remove unsightly stuff from photos. For instance, the photo above had electric lines running across [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 20:00:03
October in New England: Conflicting Signs, Competing Realities
This town where I live, this quintessential small New England village is beautiful in the Fall. Sometimes I forget how beautiful ... reality which surrounds me. Clean white wood frame houses, tall slender church steeples rising [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 19:33:00
October in New England: Conflicting Signs, Competing Realities
This town where I live, this quintessential small New England village is beautiful in the Fall. Sometimes I forget how beautiful ... reality which surrounds me. Clean white wood frame houses, tall slender church steeples rising [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 18:52:00
Song Ready
On Thursday, while the mercurial depths plunged lower and colder , and the winds sculpted the drift by the back barn door higher, ... , waited our turn in the queue of cars, a church stood there too, white steeple pointing all wanderers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 13:01:36
Weekly Haul: The Week Dan DiDio and Joe Quesada Conspired To Make Sure I Didn't Have Any Money Left Over For Food
Avengers: The Initiative #16 (Marvel Comics) If the war between the Skrull Empire and Earth’s superheroes has seemed a little claustrophobic in the ... villains, masked people, gargoyles, graves, caves and church steeples. That is, it plays to Jones’ [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 23:08:00
Ring Festival L.A. - Wrong Festival L.A.
Over the centuries people have come to Southern California from all over the world ... heritages mixing: two architecturally antagonistic church steeples. They're one block apart and were [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 02:12:00
OVER HERE - Good Morning America, how are ya?
The polls opened about forty minutes ago this morning in my hometown. I'll be walking up to Main Street to cast my vote ... this morning and the Movie Theater has been closed for years. The steeples of the white clapboard Churches [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 11:41:25
Who Wants to Worship in a Warehouse?
A few weeks ago, I attended an evening service at a southern California church that shall remain nameless ... ? Or steeples? Or anything architecturally daring? Answer: next to none. Pastors today seem to think [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 06:19:55
Guide to Copper Weathering
Although generally familiar with the stages of weathered copper, we didn’t actually know the data behind the process ... it - in school copper usually meant old Danish church steeples. Having a new found curiosity [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 06:59:59
Interview with Gerry Cofield: Second Place Winner, Spring 2008 Flash Fiction Contest!
Gerry L. Cofield’s love of stories and books started on the knee of her Paw-paw, the ultimate story-teller, when she could barely talk ... to Woodland, Alabama to operate the family business of manufacturing church steeples (yes, really [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 12:00:00
An American Trilogy
1 Dear America As TV ads and speeches Religiously flicker and scream at you To choose the right man to lead your country As debates and diverse ... up the scores Take some time to reflect Before family and church Ring the bells in the steeples [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 06:41:56
Turkish 'Delights' Presented as Frightful
On the weekend I read a travel item in the Ottawa Citizen about Istanbul ... even the booming of bells from church steeples, which I suspect you would not have described [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 02:18:00
An Escape Into the Hills
Perched among mountains and hills in the remote outskirts of Jerusalem, ... village. Interspersed throughout are winding streets and centuries-old homes, towering church steeples [more...]
Date: 2008-08-25 22:09:10
Problem With Perspective
Today’s question comes from Judy and she asks: “I have a lot of trouble with the perspective on the steeples of New England churches. Does anyone have any quick and simple fixes for this? “ [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 13:28:01
The second part of the NYTimes series of the foreign-born RC priest in the USA: Father Oneko, 46, ... an octagonal church with a steeple to replace their red brick parish hall. Cutting his sermons short [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 14:20:44
America- the land of the zip-lock bag. Chapter 7
7.The Healing Service It just so as happens that on Saturday mornings Bethel has a healing services ... it. I had mentally put in my head that generally speaking American churches do not have steeples [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 09:32:50
skyline from sea
The skyline of PE is very different, now, to the bleak hills rising out of sand dunes which confronted the 1820 settlers ... steeples. To the Right on Richmond Hill, you can see the steeple of what was originally the church [more...]
Date: 2008-08-24 06:39:00
John Calvin, meet Yankee Doodle
Now this is sort of interesting...John Calvin was born on July 10, 1509 ... , and maybe look for a cross or one of those beautiful New England church steeples to incorporate [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 15:50:00
Share and save this post: [ ... churches steeples in the smog.) Throughout history, economic development has been determined by good [more...]
Date: 2008-06-24 20:15:09
Where's Your Neighborhood?
I live in a small neighborhood. Nestled into the hills of Santa Barbara, ... Spring Road going North/South and the church steeple on the top of the picture and the Westmont campus [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 16:53:00
Lake Tanycomo Missouri app 6x6 1/2oil on wood panel
The Missouri Ozarks with their hills, lakes, and trees are incredibly beautiful ... . They have several churches but there are no steeples. E-mail me at artistjohnwlong@live.com [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 09:37:00
On the bookshelf, #2008-48
Posted by: debra on: Saturday, October 18, 2008 In: On the bookshelf Comment! ... derricks, grain elevators, and church steeples. Its story belongs to a girl who grew up surrounded [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 14:53:32
