Church

I love churches; the architecture, the stained glasses, the old wooden doors.

This is St. Matthew Episcopal Cathedral in Laramie, Wyoming. Unfortunately it was locked.

The Catholic church next to it, however, was open because of the caretaker cleaning and dusting. He was very nice in letting me visit and walk around, and even shared with me a bit of the history of some the stained glasses (newly restored) and paintings (oldest from 1860s). I don't have pictures of that one... it was rather ordinary looking on the outside, though the inside more than made up for it.

He explained that most churches nowdays are locked because of vandalism and theft. Someone took the chalice out of the Catholic church once, and it's been locked ever since. It's a shame really. Churches used to be open to all, providing shelter and refuge, or just a place to sit quietly. No more. Open for service -that's it.