There have been great revolutions and upheavals in thought and behavior patterns. Life is no longer simple but complex. Existence is not a mere struggle for survival against the forces of nature in our affluent culture. And the result is seen in our contemporary worship habits. Housing projects and subdivisions now cover the land which a few short years ago was the haunt of rabbits and quail.
Conformity is the rule in everything but the religious structures in suburbia.
In these the architects allow their inventiveness to run wild and some of the results are bizarre and strange. It is as if those who dwell in deadly sameness during the week must find respite in something different on the first day of the new week. Sermons are carefully prepared to really say nothing when it appears that something is being said. The audience no longer consists of participants but of spectators. Frequently they draw nigh to God with their lips and honor him with their mouths but their hearts are far from him.