I have always had a fascination with church steeples. Maybe it’s because there are so many of them or they are so prominent.
I’ve always wondered what they mean to the congregants who erected them. Is it a demonstration of the wealth and power of that church, or a mark of the piety and fealty of the congregation to their denomination?
Or is it, simply, a desire to bring a bit of heaven closer to earth? I’m not sure anyone can really say, for sure, but it does seem to be a defining mark of many Protestant churches in the South.
In any case, here is my first installment of church steeples from Shelby County, TN. Many more could have been included, but it seems that quite a few seem to have come from “Steeples-Are-Us”, so I have passed them by.
My home of Fayette County will be next on the list of captures. Probably, as befits the more rural area, a little more modest, but nonetheless, still…
Reaching to Heaven
Lovely, great contrast in them. I think it is about wealth and domination. Mine is bigger than yours, so I am better
Thanks! The sky has been very cooperative most days when I want these images. I carry my Lumix ZS50 in the car everywhere I go and that’s what I usually use. Some ladies at one church parking lot asked me if I didn’t have a “real” camera and I said I was saving up for one! Money and power – sure seems that way, doesn’t it?
Hello John, glad you made it here. 😊
I am a loyal subject, meant to follow my Queen! Happy to be here – as soon as I get used to Word****!
Interesting the variety in steeples😀
There is, Abigail, and then there isn’t – so many around here (there are so many churches it’s hard to count) have, literally, identical architectural construction, varying only in height. But, I have only just begun!
In our part of the country at the turn of the last century churches and schools could be ordered by mail, the only variable was whether the building was three windows long or four. As I look around Lanark County I see many of these white buildings…
I had a female friend who was a psychotherapist, and she had a Freudian interpretation of tall steeples on churches for male deities. 🙂
And the congregation said “Amen”!