But the shift has occurred, nonetheless. There was a time when nobody would have even thought of scheduling a special community event for Sunday morning. After all, Sunday morning is when people worship. But now there are soccer games, swim meets, marathons, bike rides, fun runs, 5K walks, football games, and all manner of other events held on Sunday morning. And located where we are across from Rice Stadium, it is not at all unusual for access to our church to be blocked by intersections and streets closed for such events.
Every year there are a few more added to the schedule.
Eventually we may be blocked most Sunday mornings and forced to close our doors or relocate. It's like being stoned to death with popcorn. The media, especially movies, radio, and television, now convey vulgar language and degrading ideas that undermine all concepts of human decency. God's name is taken in vain, the mystery of human sexuality is disgustingly trivialized, and brutal human violence is modeled as perfectly normal. And Fundamentalism, in case you didn't know, is in direct opposition to the Christian Gospel.