When the Gift Shop Swallowed the Sanctuary
In 2019, visitors to a historic cathedral in Europe discovered that the gift shop had quietly expanded — again. What had once been a small...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 2:13-22.
In 2019, visitors to a historic cathedral in Europe discovered that the gift shop had quietly expanded — again. What had once been a small table near the exit now occupied an entire side chapel. Racks of keychains, refrigerator magnets, and overpriced candles stood where parishioners had once knelt in prayer. A credit card machine hummed beside a fourteenth-century baptismal font.…
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