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[Blog] Sacred Work: A building is not sacred. A church or a temple, no matter how old, or big, or beautiful, by

A building is not sacred. A church or a temple, no matter how old, or big, or beautiful, by itself is not sacred. It’s the attitude of the people and the things that people do in a building that make it sacred or not. I have met many people in the home performance field who quietly go about the work of making homes sacred places; places that serve a higher purpose than just making money for the contractor or builder; buildings that are affordable to live in, that are healthy environments, and that house people in comfort. I want to celebrate these quiet heroes, and someone very important to me who contributed to the healing of the planet we all call home. My father, Thomas Bernard Gunshinan, died of cancer at the age of 85 last December. He grew up in Long Island and went into the Navy at 17 so he could be in the War before it ended. To him and many others of his age it se...

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