Keywords
Religion, Sin, Knowledge, Church
Document Type
Fiction
Description
I’ve always thought that cathedrals were far too ominous to be a place of worship. But maybe that was the whole point—to scare you into confession. Somehow, despite the seemingly endless expanse of stained glass dominating those cold stone walls, there’s a lack of natural light, creating a space permeated by shadows only intermittently intercepted by flickering candlelight. It seems that true appreciation for God’s work entails blocking it out completely with this vast, gray monument that makes me so claustrophobic. I feel heavier here, small in my place among the pews, but maybe this is because I am being encouraged to face all that makes me irredeemable.
Recommended Citation
Slade, Tyler
(2021)
"The Sin of Certainty,"
Inscape: Vol. 41:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/inscape/vol41/iss1/2