Worship: Better in a museum than in a circus

Part of the outlook behind LiturgicalCredo.com could be summed up in this perspective:

I would rather worship in a museum than in a circus.

The museum is a metaphor for older forms of liturgical worship. The circus relates to more recent, chaotic approaches to worship.

Circuses entertain and titillate. Museums hold artifacts from the past that evoke memories and thoughts in the present.

While circuses certainly have their traditions, museums provide better reflections of historical continuity within human experience.

Circuses engage the senses, while museums engage the senses and the mind.

-Colin Foote Burch