Aesthetics

I have a confession to make.

On Saturday morning I was thinking about Easter Sunday. We are away in South Wales that day and I was thinking how vital it was that I find a church to give praise to God that Jesus conquered the grave - to me Easter is the most wonderful time of the year it represents what Christianity is all about.

Flick suggested that I may struggle to find somewhere that had an English language service but oddly it wasn't so much that that worried me but more how the church looked that I was bothered about - I have a phobia about run down looking buildings.

I had to pull myself up pretty quickly because of course it isn't the outside of the building that matters its the church within !

I guess that will be true of many who we welcome into our new home. Some may be drawn by the newness of it all but of course it is just steel, bricks and mortar its inside what counts. As impressive as the building will be we must avoid the risk of it becoming an idol.

CB