About The Steeple People and "The Steeple Man", Belden Morse

I grew up in a small town on the coast of Maine. I was a lobster fisherman, just like my father before me. As a young man, I had the opportunity to help a friend paint a church steeple. At that time, I discovered that I was skilled at climbing steeples and had no fear of working at great heights.

I realized that many of the features of steeples were very similar to those of boats. Shipwrights built most of these old churches, so I called them "ships in the sky."

That was over 40 years ago. I love riding the sea and the sky. I also love to leave little time capsules behind when I work on steeples.