The waves of modernity lash out against anything with deep roots, anything that can't be supplanted and moved in favor of the new way of doing things. They tear down Chesterton's fence and laugh as the crude, boorish people who thought it was necessary, exclaiming how the crops and animals are still alive even as they are dying of disease before your very eyes.
Even the Americans who rebelled against such a monarchy has sacred traditions, as much as they are not nearly on as firm ground as our British counterparts.
As the sweep of post modern life removes these remnants, now's the time to either renew the lost traditions, or create new ones in our own households and community.
“I almost didn’t believe such things could even happen in public anymore”
Public ceremony and sincerity is looked at as silly. I was discussing this idea recently with some friends: In our modern western world, everything is ironic and mocked. The only art we create is some new “subversion”, to the point we are losing meaningful things to subvert. That is why, I think, corporate worship is so important: seeing your brothers and sisters publicly singing and praising God suddenly places your head in Old Narnia.
The waves of modernity lash out against anything with deep roots, anything that can't be supplanted and moved in favor of the new way of doing things. They tear down Chesterton's fence and laugh as the crude, boorish people who thought it was necessary, exclaiming how the crops and animals are still alive even as they are dying of disease before your very eyes.
Even the Americans who rebelled against such a monarchy has sacred traditions, as much as they are not nearly on as firm ground as our British counterparts.
As the sweep of post modern life removes these remnants, now's the time to either renew the lost traditions, or create new ones in our own households and community.
“I almost didn’t believe such things could even happen in public anymore”
Public ceremony and sincerity is looked at as silly. I was discussing this idea recently with some friends: In our modern western world, everything is ironic and mocked. The only art we create is some new “subversion”, to the point we are losing meaningful things to subvert. That is why, I think, corporate worship is so important: seeing your brothers and sisters publicly singing and praising God suddenly places your head in Old Narnia.