http://www.frederica.com/writings/a-golden-bell-and-a-pomegranate-beauty-and-apologetics.html#entry1809475
Great quote:
"We worship in beauty because it is what God commanded. He instructed Moses to provide elaborate beauty in worship—gold, incense, embroidery, carved wood, vestments, “a golden bell and a pomegranate.” But not because God needs these things – as the psalmist says, he already owns the cattle on a thousand hills. No, it is we humans who need such things, and their use in worship empowers mission in ways that, literally, can’t be conveyed in words. Beauty sets the heart aright, and opens it to God."
2 comments:
Oh, you mean beautiful like the Compaq Center?
(could not resist...)
Of course - I mean, it cost him $71 million to fix it up, so it must be beautiful inside, right?
It's actually funny but our church isn't traditionally beautful or old - our former one was, and it was one of the best things about it. Now we have painted concrete floors and a coffee shop, but we also have an art gallery, and some of the exhibits are just spectacular. So beautiful in a different way, I guess.
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