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house of God.

when we expand the definition of “the house of God,” then it doesn’t just make sense that temples and mosques and churches should be beautiful. that they should be honored because they consecrate where the divine meets the material, where prayers are made and answered.

this becomes true of the human body …unless you experience God as separate and outside of the body; that God is external to you.

this becomes true of the home, the dwelling place …unless you experience God to be somewhere else, outside your home.

this becomes true of the space that opens in every relationship, in every connection, no matter how brief, no matter how fleeting …unless you do not experience relationships as the place where the divinity in me meets the divinity in you, where divinity communes with itself in a prism of refracted light.

this becomes true of the workplace, no matter how humble, no matter how grand …unless you experience God as outside and separate from the places that only exist because of your handiwork, the fruits of your labor.

if the house of God is one place, then that’s the one place it makes sense to honor and bring beauty. if it’s every place, then everywhere gets to be as beautiful.