on the walk

I don’t think about this issue very often, but I am today. I was discussing an upcoming program with colleague and I mentioned that I wanted it to be around tables because I wanted the conversation to be psychologically more important than the lecture components.  That got me thinking about what our architecture says about our theology.  Do we meet in spaces that imply with value relationships of listening?  Do our spaces communicate value of song, or speech, or service?

These thoughts were reinforced by the thoughts of DAn Kimball reflecting on the new building they are using that has pews.  For him that is a new reality. He comments a it ont eh histroy of pews but mainly he notices that pews say something about what we believe about worship about God and about the purpose of gathering each week.  Whether you agree with his conclusions or not it is probably worth asking.  Does my architecture says what I want it to say?

Here is Dan Kimball reflecting on pews.

on the walk

-Ethan