Mountain Chapel (unframed)
"The groves were God's first temples."
--William Cullen Bryant
Who has not, at the sight of some glorious vista, echoed the poet's
profound sentiment? Before we ever began to build temples in His honor,
God graced us with natural sanctuaries radiant with the light of divine
love and peace.
In our crowded and busy world, there is little time to seek out the
secluded treasures that give testimony to a divine presence in the
world. I have been privileged to visit what I believe to be holy
places. The Mountain Chapel is, in effect, a prayer in paint--a very personal response to the glories of God's natural world.
The Mountain Chapel is a rough-hewn stone chapel sculpted out of
the very granite of the mountains that rise behind. As the
mirror-bright lake reflects the majesty of God's glorious creation, the
chapel, bathed in golden sunlight, reflects the generosity of His plan
for man.
--Thomas Kinkade
