I found a church this morning. It was pleasant; light and air-conditioned. There was no music at the early service, but I'm tone-deaf anyway, so I didn't mind. The sermon was brief, but intelligent and informative and I found myself thinking about it still, which is a good sign for sermons, lectures, speeches, etc.
My only issue, and the thing that has probably killed off more congregations than anything else, is that I had to listen to the two older women behind me murmur during most of the service about how more than one person was permitted to donate flowers, apparently this is a new policy, and it made it less special than if one person were giving flowers. Yeah, that was more important than the prayers and the message. I hope they didn't mind sharing the worship space with me, a stranger.
