Churches

Here’s my rant for the day. What is up with Americans!?!?! In my Art History class we’re studying Byzantine art. These churches are amazing! As Americans, we’d never build anything as a house of worship that even compared to these amazing architectural accomplishments. There are a handful of churches that could be near the same category and most of them are in the northeast. It’s just unbelievable to me that we’re the richest country and put so little into our places of worship. There are of course the mega churches that are massive and somewhat interesting architecturally. For the most part they lack inspiration. Most churches I’ve seen or visited make me wonder where are the artists in the community? Where are the believers that are moved and inspired by the story of Christ? The churches in Europe are so magnificent they can move you to tears and the word “spectacular” barely begins to describe them. Maybe one day our society will catch up or on. I doubt it. We are a very selfish culture in general. 

Anyway, here are some of the churches I'm talking about.