The only megachurch service I ever attended was essentially a rock concert followed by a motivational speech. I know I can’t judge all megachurches by that one but it definitely turned me off to the whole concept.
Well, let’s see.
<< but it definitely turned me off to the whole concept<<
Oops, guess you did after all.
“The only megachurch service I ever attended was essentially a rock concert followed by a motivational speech.”
Agreed! But you forgot the part of the service where they all try to out-sing each other and out-pray each other. Who can sing the loudest or does the best harmony? Who can pray the loudest or present the most rapt countenance? Who can say, “Lord, I just...” the most times in single prayer? A far cry from the quiet, private, personal prayer Christ practiced and taught.
I love the peace and tranquility in a Catholic church. I love the quiet prayer time and the sensation that it is just the Good News of me and Christ and the Eucharist. It brings me back to the basics. It is reverent and nourishes my soul, not my ego. Anything else is a hootenanny in my book!
Same here. And the one I went to had scantily-clad 5 and 6 year old girls twirling through the aisles in ballerina costumes. Bizarre...