Carolina QuotesA church is more than a building. It's a place where strangers become neighbors, where the isolated find belonging, where meaning is made concrete in bread and wine and the voices of a congregation. But you have to be able to find the door first.
Tom Ciszek Carolinian
Source
“Building LA Churches: Finding Sacred Space in the Sprawl”, tomciszek.com (2025-12-20)
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- essay
- work
- Building LA Churches: Finding Sacred Space in the Sprawl
- year
- 2025
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“A church is more than a building. It's a place where strange…” Tom Ciszek. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-90CC43CFE5. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/90cc43cfe5
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