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Chartres again

The main altar

An exterior shot of the main stained glass window

An interior shot of the main stained glass window Chartres

A glimpse of the interior majesty
 
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St. Luke, Munich
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… Still in use, primitive church tucked away in the Appalachians.
 

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It’s not the structure that makes a church…

Holiness church in the mountains of East Tn that practices serpent handling. They handle copperheads, rattle snakes, cobras, puffadders and cotton mouthed as well as using a torch on themselves and drinking drain cleaner and strychnine. I’ve attended about 55 of these services.

You and I ma not follow their practices but these are some of the kindest and most sincere people I’ve ever met.

I’m sad to say the pastor in this church passed away from a heart attack at his home a year ago.
 

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Faith takes many forms and a church doesn’t necessarily have to have 4 walls n
 

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Abandon Victorian church … 1972. Torn down shortly after I photographed it.
 

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Abandon Victorian church … 1972. Torn down shortly after I photographed it.

You are in a hotbed of religious fervor. What they lack in religious education they make up for with religious passion. Faith takes many forms and fashions. The yardstick is does it help?

I enjoy very muich your collection of Appalachia events. Get all you can. TV will replace a lot with shabby imitations of what is happening in those hollers. Thanks for posting.
 
You are in a hotbed of religious fervor. What they lack in religious education they make up for with religious passion. Faith takes many forms and fashions. The yardstick is does it help?

I enjoy very muich your collection of Appalachia events. Get all you can. TV will replace a lot with shabby imitations of what is happening in those hollers. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoy them. Will post more soon.
 
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