[Magdalen] Church as Personality Robert Schuller RIP

[ME Michaud]

Not much of a liturgy at Trinity, even today. Back then it was
hardly distinguishable from a Congregational service: two or
three lessons and a loooooong sermon. No procession, no
candles.

There's an ongoing joke about Trinity's pulpit, which is about the
size of a Mississippi steamboat. Brooks was an enormous man,
and the pulpit was designed for his size. Everyone else looks
miniscule up there.

The hawk's shadow is on the lawn, not a squirrel to be seen.
-M

On Saturday, April 4, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Phillips Brooks still had the liturgy to back him up, even if it was very
> low church. But in churches where there is no liturgy and the sermon is the
> central focus, the preacher is the "star", if you will, and this can be
> very dangerous to a person's ego. It leads to idolatrous worship of the
> preacher, IMNSHO, and often to the establishment, or attempted
> establishment, of dynastic megachurches which often fail due to the
> incompetence or outright wrongdoing on the part of the heirs.
>
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