Photo by Joel Brumbaugh-Cayford
“How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
My soul longs, indeed it faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.
Happy are those who live in your house,
ever singing your praise.”
– Psalm 84:1-4 (NRSVue)
Activity
Spend time intentionally looking at homes as “dwelling places” as you take a walk around your block, or make a circuit of a nearby neighborhood, or do an online “tour” of a neighborhood somewhere on the globe through Google Earth (https://earth.google.com/web).