Sacred Spaces

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Christians around the world prepare for Easter Sunday on April 20th, I share some photographs of spaces for quiet contemplation . . .</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLz_X-epi3tQn4OOY5Ert0QCaDZECQ0ypzcYvcXeYcXJaHbUKDfemz9YC9MZ4l-n8_QWZXk_3Wuo8rVb6MhRDgo7X-GHTRUTL8BLlInjRgp56xHl1KEl5ev29eCUysXwUK_9tkPjaMxf0Z/s1600/02-TCX-sea-island-georgia-cloister-chapel-wedding-1012-xl-mv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLz_X-epi3tQn4OOY5Ert0QCaDZECQ0ypzcYvcXeYcXJaHbUKDfemz9YC9MZ4l-n8_QWZXk_3Wuo8rVb6MhRDgo7X-GHTRUTL8BLlInjRgp56xHl1KEl5ev29eCUysXwUK_9tkPjaMxf0Z/s1600/02-TCX-sea-island-georgia-cloister-chapel-wedding-1012-xl-mv.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cloister Chapel - Sea Island, Georgia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Sea Island.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/weddings/exotic-chapel-locations?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">The Vow Factor</a>" by Stephanie Wu.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/" target="_blank">Town and Country</a> (Fall/Winter 2012). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82EyvD9pH76kqHS82KP-Z5otqpDBCobU0ZcEKsFFP_7Ba_DJZfRM91BUwH8QxkdW-YZqBIei_K5SbjtyPUiHam5jAQAq6XjyPnK98z5_RG8jloHEPoGd1QXfAKdPl2sL4tt8lyUOeosii/s1600/0911-VO-WELL93-04_162111258140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82EyvD9pH76kqHS82KP-Z5otqpDBCobU0ZcEKsFFP_7Ba_DJZfRM91BUwH8QxkdW-YZqBIei_K5SbjtyPUiHam5jAQAq6XjyPnK98z5_RG8jloHEPoGd1QXfAKdPl2sL4tt8lyUOeosii/s1600/0911-VO-WELL93-04_162111258140.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A path leading to the twelfth-century village church where the ceremony took place."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo from nuptials of Kate Moss and Jamie Hince.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mario Testino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/kate-moss-kiss-me-kate/#/magazine-gallery/kate-moss-wedding/9" target="_blank">Kate Moss: Kiss Me, Kate</a>" by Hamish Bowles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPCc3X7PifaWIdzm9iWg5c50LBeXv566tpcAAvFyasv0M8z4aZG9K0_R8mG9GneQ7vIvRdhqGVIrIH9NODmZlx8kbGeDyfpATTt5XFTk-ACFKZxfT-V0EciKZ6Ty2JraG5b4xpmN1QT09/s1600/ED-GOES-TO-EDC-09-13-008-xln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPCc3X7PifaWIdzm9iWg5c50LBeXv566tpcAAvFyasv0M8z4aZG9K0_R8mG9GneQ7vIvRdhqGVIrIH9NODmZlx8kbGeDyfpATTt5XFTk-ACFKZxfT-V0EciKZ6Ty2JraG5b4xpmN1QT09/s1600/ED-GOES-TO-EDC-09-13-008-xln.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The cloisters at Abbaye de Fontevraud."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit Imagebroker/Alamy via Elle Decor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/culture/travel/loire-valley-travel-guide?click=main_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">Elle Decor Goes to the Loire Valley</a>" by Ian Phillips.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9y-Q9BsdUazOWXuBXa51JepqYAMCKQfRekKAb3jqHm9VgKVfI9qDlNGKnuCv-LlC-OAWN4uHfpSMqBw-zB3rafYto0J-CTR5kJRBQ2YxEOo2ezctG_2IT7MxzT2s0Ur55pgNOE-tUIqzU/s1600/elle-07-wedding-destinations-south-africa-kvMqw0-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9y-Q9BsdUazOWXuBXa51JepqYAMCKQfRekKAb3jqHm9VgKVfI9qDlNGKnuCv-LlC-OAWN4uHfpSMqBw-zB3rafYto0J-CTR5kJRBQ2YxEOo2ezctG_2IT7MxzT2s0Ur55pgNOE-tUIqzU/s1600/elle-07-wedding-destinations-south-africa-kvMqw0-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chapel at <a href="http://www.cathedralpeak.co.za/" target="_blank">Cathedral Peak Hotel</a> in Drakensberg, South Africa.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Cathedral Peak Hotel via Elle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elle.com/life-love/travel/drakensberg-south-africa#slide-7" target="_blank">10 Destinations for a Dream Wedding</a>" by Melissa Henderson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elle.com/" target="_blank">Elle</a> (September 3, 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbF4uPezti5eMPogkhiePcMXfrEfwIzRjx6bcarPIwDXEbfcW-qLQk6DTExvGqQF2qE9MNA_DkX3248nhpgO9PbY4Qhpyq4D1HrXbKFCg3y_vVCVmHbRXBruEdrUJSLbUgkyI282JYO2E/s1600/Gerard-tremolet-home-1012-09-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbF4uPezti5eMPogkhiePcMXfrEfwIzRjx6bcarPIwDXEbfcW-qLQk6DTExvGqQF2qE9MNA_DkX3248nhpgO9PbY4Qhpyq4D1HrXbKFCg3y_vVCVmHbRXBruEdrUJSLbUgkyI282JYO2E/s1600/Gerard-tremolet-home-1012-09-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The 11th-century chapel on the property includes a steeple covered in chestnut tiles."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chapel on the grounds of Chateau d'Ailly in Calvados, in France's Normandy region.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ian Phillips.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/gerard-tremolet-normandy-home-interiors?click=main_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">Norman Conquest: Gerard Tremolet's Normandy Home</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHskEjU1sBb6i2whVn5eFr_TbQ1l156cGiZ-0CvXRTk14LaiNPeY3I1df4uND6A6CHMK0OThT2FOnQCmOgax-DV3TZQ-7cUaKcGfLrdIwRIVNBJKsytiy6JkxuDbubNUo22Toi89weNSsP/s1600/item4.size.0.0.may-estates-12-morbihan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHskEjU1sBb6i2whVn5eFr_TbQ1l156cGiZ-0CvXRTk14LaiNPeY3I1df4uND6A6CHMK0OThT2FOnQCmOgax-DV3TZQ-7cUaKcGfLrdIwRIVNBJKsytiy6JkxuDbubNUo22Toi89weNSsP/s1600/item4.size.0.0.may-estates-12-morbihan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Accessible only by boat, the 17-acre site features a stone chapel that has been transformed into a music hall."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property in Morbihan, France.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pierre Bouras.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amanda Friedman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/real-estate/2013/may-estates-for-sale_slideshow_Morbihan--France_5" target="_blank">On the Market: May 2013</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyot8LMBfWUd3tTlc6xsGh5z2n8n6Yr9bh5FeIqSVqJHcaZGbu8Rz4WzZkbukAPZEih0m5vYiuDjvaHeeR6bZKecwHEFwbRWLsTqj1N4JNAuZ_lO3-M44ywm8R4gMX35yOZx-y0oiBcf_/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.oscar-de-la-renta-07-chapel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyot8LMBfWUd3tTlc6xsGh5z2n8n6Yr9bh5FeIqSVqJHcaZGbu8Rz4WzZkbukAPZEih0m5vYiuDjvaHeeR6bZKecwHEFwbRWLsTqj1N4JNAuZ_lO3-M44ywm8R4gMX35yOZx-y0oiBcf_/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.oscar-de-la-renta-07-chapel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Architect Ernesto Buch designed the De la Rentas' chapel, which is shrouded in flowering white petrea and flanked by potted syzygium and sago palms."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oscar de la Renta's home in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sarah Medford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/oscar-de-la-renta-dominican-republic-garden-slideshow_slideshow_item6_7" target="_blank">Paradise Found</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPxnfVW_m30lUPXNNjeQTUzr4RqtoOW2dZjwMJlWaD92sUbwuHiEqOWDbWMuQ6pLYVgPoTVJyOhiUfgJVTDco92wbRRh0TTQWgFfeMJOIijUOLEQiZ5Jsrq6H-lmpbkHhvCSVC8sy4u8z/s1600/p_101761397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPxnfVW_m30lUPXNNjeQTUzr4RqtoOW2dZjwMJlWaD92sUbwuHiEqOWDbWMuQ6pLYVgPoTVJyOhiUfgJVTDco92wbRRh0TTQWgFfeMJOIijUOLEQiZ5Jsrq6H-lmpbkHhvCSVC8sy4u8z/s1600/p_101761397.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The stone chapel has an air of serenity."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chapel on the grounds of Evening Place, interior designer John Rufenacht's weekend home near Clinton, Missouri.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Matthew Benson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/outdoor-living/garden-color-and-flair?page=27" target="_blank">Garden With Color and Flair</a>" written and produced by Marty Ross.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_6ETbS4GRUJwbDmybsm_xuWQHrq-9YEwt91xoelK3_lL3-ifqpqslRQ_wPL7nx8GXnB3CorCa2xruYDRybPf_xwuIVwJUjHSBzW4v36Vpn_5_W8yubgOOVecPNK0bpizDyvdftv44foc/s1600/TCX-01-dupont-family-0513-sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_6ETbS4GRUJwbDmybsm_xuWQHrq-9YEwt91xoelK3_lL3-ifqpqslRQ_wPL7nx8GXnB3CorCa2xruYDRybPf_xwuIVwJUjHSBzW4v36Vpn_5_W8yubgOOVecPNK0bpizDyvdftv44foc/s1600/TCX-01-dupont-family-0513-sm.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Du Pont descendant Frolic Weymouth designed a family chapel in Greenville, Delaware, which was featured in <i>Town and Country</i> in December 2011."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Andrea Chu.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/most-enduring-families?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">The 10 Most Enduring Families</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/" target="_blank">Town and Country</a> (May 2013). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0zR2xNqbzKubNhCU48Xlr3odIf2giU7txgrQjbtr34qG48V8pDbuRZTPV-s5FEpGmu9CpsRbx1WGnyCqpottLae7SwsYM3YG9EUcTfpv7FW4rDvPIMFoe0BQZT0IcdD9qR-6JbLcymWu/s1600/VER-FRENCH-MONASTERY-5-13365138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0zR2xNqbzKubNhCU48Xlr3odIf2giU7txgrQjbtr34qG48V8pDbuRZTPV-s5FEpGmu9CpsRbx1WGnyCqpottLae7SwsYM3YG9EUcTfpv7FW4rDvPIMFoe0BQZT0IcdD9qR-6JbLcymWu/s1600/VER-FRENCH-MONASTERY-5-13365138.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The ruins of a 12th-c. abbey give structure to the rose garden. Dorothy Perkins roses, Yew hedge."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Country property of Paris antiques dealer Sylvain Levy-Alban.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Alexandre Bailhache.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/french-monastery-garden?click=main_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">Well-Manicured: Historic French Garden</a>" by Jean Bond Rafferty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div>

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