Pillars Of The Earth

Pillars Of The Earth is a wonderful novel by Ken Follett about ….a cathedral getting built. It might not sound like a riveting read, but it really is. That’s a recommendation.

But who would dream of building a cathedral? How? And why?

I’ve visited those places as a religious person and as a non-religious person. They are quite incredible either way. The impact that they have upon sound. The sense of space and peace, even when filled with other tourists, is something else.

And when the choir sings….well….it’s enough to make a cynical stone cold soul sing hallelujah.

Some folk would say that human’s have a God-filled gap inside.

Personally, I think we all have a need to feel a sense of awe and wonder. To be part of something bigger than us. To hear the angel’s sing…even metaphorical ones…and to add our voices to the choir.

And I wonder if those people with the aching limbs, tired and sweating, who carved and carried the first heavy foundation stones for those huge, beautiful buildings, were able to do their work with that bigger vision at the heart of their efforts.