The next time you complain about the commute to your local church or place of worship, consider this congregation. That is commitment!
I love the metaphor embedded in the story. “It can be a dangerous thing to go to a house of worship and present yourself before the Living God.”
Meg MacDonald
…wow. Talk about inspiration—both spiritual and creative. Thanks, Steve.
Peter DeHaan
That’s commitment–and something I could never do.
Kay DiBianca
Oh my goodness! What a great metaphor for the life of faith.
Deanna Stalnaker
God bless these people who attempt to do this. I have such a fear of heights that I could never do it myself. These people have great commitment.
Mike Henry Sr.
I couldn’t do this either. I have trouble watching the video!
Sherry Carter
What dedicated believers! A testimony to faith and commitment.
Abbey
My palms a sweaty from watching! And to think they have to ascend/descend barefoot!!! We complain when we don’t have cushions on our chairs/pews! WOW…JUST WOW!
Carol Ashby
Thanks for a great video, Steve! I could go to that church, but leaving would be another matter. Up isn’t usually a problem for me, but going down, where I can see where I’d splat if I fell… My old day job trained me too well to always look for the possible accidents before I did anything.
claire o'sullivan
Wow! Faith in the midst of earthly and rocky dangers.
I’ll shut up now. Got nothing to complain about.
Tisha Martin
Wow . . . what a beautiful inside! And how inspiring to climb those rocks every single day. Outside of being physically fit, their dedication is an inspiration.
Sheri Dean Parmelee, Ph.D
Wow! That’s just….wow!
Kendal Bauer
I feel this would intensify worship. Imagine putting that much work into going to church. Would it mean more to us to have to work that hard to get there when normally it would be quite easy in comparison?
Thanks for sharing!
Stacy Simmons
What a thrilling and beautiful place of worship, thank you for sharing!
Tiffany Price
What an incredible testimony to their faith! I’m not sure I could be a faithful attender of this particular church, but to experience it once would be invigorating!
Seralynn Lewis
WOW! This video gives new meaning to “going to” church. It must take them hours to get up there with babies on their backs, no less. Not to mention being barefoot. What a sacrifice!
Unlike those of us who live in the U.S., we don’t make that much of a sacrifice with our comfy, air-conditioned cars and sometimes, the church as no steps. They don’t leave after an hour, either.
Their place of worship is beautiful. But, how they got those artifacts up that cliff is beyond me.
Norma Nill
Thanks so much for expanding my world, Steve. How in the world do the worshippers get back down?? Must be just as dangerous as climbing up – or worse!
Joann Claypoole
Wow! Thanks for sharing this awesome and inspiring testimony of faith. It gives new meaning to the phrase, “We bring our sacrifice of praise.”