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I couldn't help but wonder who had sat in these priest's chairs, smoked a cig and stubbed it out on the carpet. Probably the same people that threw rocks through the stained glass, and shattered the crucifix.

How fitting that the Hymn books have been used to barricade the entrance to this abandoned church.

A country of ruin.

I was standing behind the camera thinking. Wondering how in Europe there are cathedrals and chapels that stand for a thousand years, yet here in America it seems that day after day I find yet another church laid to ruin. Some of which barely lasted a century.

Not enough souls in the pews, or cash in the coffers.

It's crazy to think of the time were living in. We are witnessing the decline of the American century. We live in a country that is evermore devoid of industry, opportunity and obviously any sort of faith what so ever.

I find it even more unsound given the fact that our country was rallied behind one word a few years ago.

Hope.

Well here it is.

I am not a religious person in anyway. I can't say that I believe in a God, God's or higher power. That feeling fluctuates. I do go to church on occasion. If that makes me a hypocrite, so be it. What I can say though, is looking at the history of our country, there is a direct correlation between the success of America and the portrayal of Godliness.

Right now America feels rotten at the core. It's feels like an old barn whose supports have been eaten by termites, just waiting for the tipping point.

I see in this picture, what we have all created.