Traditionalism is the dead faith of living people.
Even though I don't remember who first said those words, they have been an important concept for me since I first heard them more than twenty-five years ago. I recently read an article that described the worship practices which are currently considered to be fashionable and relevant. Evidently, preachers who are really cool and relevant don't hide behind massive pieces of furniture wearing clothing that is unique to churches. My motivation for what was regarded as quite revolutionary at the time, was to be neither cool, relevant nor revolutionary. It was prompted by the fact that the pulpit microphone was unable to amplify my voice so that the people who filled the last two rows of this church, which seated over four hundred, could hear it.