Wwhen I first saw the headline I thought, “Yeah, this works.” But what I was thinking of was our new church with is so spacious.
People no longer reach across the isle to hold hands during the Our Father. More people kneel and pray after Communion rather than sing the hymn, too.
And with a change in musicians, there is no longer clapping after the Recessional as there used to be with the old Music Director and his/her idea of performance rather than worship with the music.
Is it the spaciousness and not feeling so crowded that leads to this extra reverent display?
Less commotion, more reverence around makes for better conditions for God working within. I like to sit up front, because it’s very distracting for me and hard to focus otherwise.