Used by permission of the Rev. Emily G. Holcombe Copyright Emily Holcombe. Interlock your inverted fingers with the fingers in your other hand. Use your index fingers to form a steeple and your thumbs to form a door. When I turn my hands upward and inside out, you can see all the people. Churches and church steeples can be found all over America and Europe.
Churches are generally in the center of most towns and cities.
When people ask for directions, the person giving the directions usually mentions one or two churches as landmarks or a place from which directions to another location can be given. Sailors on the water can see church steeples from far away. These steeples rise above the houses, factories, and trees. The steeples give sailors a point of reference, a place on land that can help them steer their boat into a safe harbor. We could say that churches with their steeples give us our direction in life.