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Updated
April 17, 2008
When the great Church of Holy Wisdom (the Hagia Sophia) was completed in
Constantinople they hung thousands of lamps in it. The lights shone through a
corona of windows in the dome, so that a sailor on the Bosporus could find his
direction not only by the stars but by the light from the church. One writer of
the time said, "It not only guides the merchant at night, it also shows
the way to the living God." The concept of church as a lighthouse is not
limited to location or architecture. Spiritually, every church must send out
such true light that those who have wandered far from God can find their way
home.