If you could design the ultimate church building, then what would it be like?

In 1 Kings chapter 6, King Solomon began to build the long-awaited temple of the Lord. In fact, it was so long-awaited that the Bible tells us that it was “480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.” (1 Kings 6:1). This was the moment they looked forward to when they sang the final words of the song of Moses, as they longed for “the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established” (Exodus 15:18).

Jodie is the Rector of Jamberoo Anglican, a regional and rural parish in the Diocese of Sydney, Australia.