Sunday meditation: The temple in the water

Saltaire's URC church, glowing in late afternoon sunshine, looked like a golden temple reflected in the canal. 

'Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one who finds the gold.'       Proverbs 11:27

'All that glisters is not gold'         William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 7

'All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.'     J.R.R. Tolkien, The Riddle of Strider, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring