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Post by seabr33z3 on Mar 8, 2017 4:25:19 GMT -5
Beautiful old building. Stunning actually. But for many of us church is not the building( especially those of us who have never belonged to a church like this) It's the people. Biblically speaking the church IS the people. When I'm on holiday I might visit beautiful churches. For me they are a tourist experience. Beautiful to look at, but they hold nothing for me on a personal level. |
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Post by eternaloptimism on Mar 8, 2017 9:29:20 GMT -5
Beautiful old building. Stunning actually. But for many of us church is not the building( especially those of us who have never belonged to a church like this) It's the people. Biblically speaking the church IS the people. When I'm on holiday I might visit beautiful churches. For me they are a tourist experience. Beautiful to look at, but they hold nothing for me on a personal level. Yeah. A pretty church is just icing on the cake really isn't it. This one will will always be special to me though. My dear old Dad rests here  x |
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Post by wewbwb on Mar 8, 2017 12:37:07 GMT -5
eternaloptimismI look at that in wonder - It is in all likelihood older than our country. I'm sure there are graves there that are. (Ironically, we have graves near me that are older than our country as well)
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Post by eternaloptimism on Mar 8, 2017 12:54:43 GMT -5
eternaloptimismI look at that in wonder - It is in all likelihood older than our country. I'm sure there are graves there that are. (Ironically, we have graves near me that are older than our country as well) There's some cool stuff there. I might go snapping at weekend. There's a pirates grave and everything! |
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Post by seabr33z3 on Mar 8, 2017 13:35:31 GMT -5
eternaloptimismI look at that in wonder - It is in all likelihood older than our country. I'm sure there are graves there that are. (Ironically, we have graves near me that are older than our country as well) There's some cool stuff there. I might go snapping at weekend. There's a pirates grave and everything! Post the pics here. My home town dates back to the year 600AD. Some really old crumbling, sunken graves in the local church yard. The original tiny church is a shell. |
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Post by eternaloptimism on Mar 8, 2017 14:32:56 GMT -5
There's some cool stuff there. I might go snapping at weekend. There's a pirates grave and everything! Post the pics here. My home town dates back to the year 600AD. Some really old crumbling, sunken graves in the local church yard. The original tiny church is a shell. Inwill if you do! x |
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Post by greatcoastal on Mar 8, 2017 14:54:21 GMT -5
There's some cool stuff there. I might go snapping at weekend. There's a pirates grave and everything! Post the pics here. My home town dates back to the year 600AD. Some really old crumbling, sunken graves in the local church yard. The original tiny church is a shell. My STBX was tracking her families history. She still can't get to her family coming to America. Instead she discovered a name dating back to the "lost Colony" long before Columbus. |
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Post by seabr33z3 on Mar 8, 2017 16:23:45 GMT -5
Post the pics here. My home town dates back to the year 600AD. Some really old crumbling, sunken graves in the local church yard. The original tiny church is a shell. Inwill if you do! x Deal! But someone will need to instruct me on how to upload photos here. |
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Post by seabr33z3 on Mar 8, 2017 16:25:21 GMT -5
Post the pics here. My home town dates back to the year 600AD. Some really old crumbling, sunken graves in the local church yard. The original tiny church is a shell. My STBX was tracking her families history. She still can't get to her family coming to America. Instead she discovered a name dating back to the "lost Colony" long before Columbus. Fascinating stuff! |
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Post by unmatched on Mar 8, 2017 18:31:36 GMT -5
Beautiful old building. Stunning actually. But for many of us church is not the building( especially those of us who have never belonged to a church like this) It's the people. Biblically speaking the church IS the people. When I'm on holiday I might visit beautiful churches. For me they are a tourist experience. Beautiful to look at, but they hold nothing for me on a personal level. I am quite surprised by that. I am not a Christian, but I do meditate regularly and now and again I will go sit in a church. The energy in those places, particularly old ones where you can feel the history and where people have been praying regularly for a long time, can be amazingly strong. I would have expected the experience of praying in a church to be quite different (easier/more connected?) from praying at home. |
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Post by seabr33z3 on Mar 8, 2017 19:50:25 GMT -5
Beautiful old building. Stunning actually. But for many of us church is not the building( especially those of us who have never belonged to a church like this) It's the people. Biblically speaking the church IS the people. When I'm on holiday I might visit beautiful churches. For me they are a tourist experience. Beautiful to look at, but they hold nothing for me on a personal level. I am quite surprised by that. I am not a Christian, but I do meditate regularly and now and again I will go sit in a church. The energy in those places, particularly old ones where you can feel the history and where people have been praying regularly for a long time, can be amazingly strong. I would have expected the experience of praying in a church to be quite different (easier/more connected?) from praying at home. Praying,for me, is an ongoing conversation with God. At home. Driving. Walking. Anywhere really. The relevance of a building, for myself and many others is immaterial. |
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