Drive-In Church

The old drive in movie theatres are finding a new lease on life!  These wonderful icons of American history are making a come-back but wearing a different name. Church!

In Florida there is a Drive-In Christian Church and what a marvelous idea! The movie screen has been taken down, and the speakers are still there as is the concession stand. But what about fellowship and human connection? Well, just go to the concession stand either before or after church and get a cup of coffee or a doughnut and you’ll be able to put a name and face to the make and model!

Perhaps some purists think that there needs to be a building to congregate or qualify as a church. But I have to ask…how was worship “done” in times long ago?

Well, depending on how far back in history you wish to go…there is Stonehenge, the Roman plazas, and church by the seashore… But there are cars! What about the cars? Well, if you look back it probably wasn’t that strange to have the mode of transportation of the day nearby, whether it was oxen-cart, donkey or nowadays, automobiles…

If you really want to get in touch with the spiritual, what better way to do it than in the beautiful cathedrals of pine forests, old wooded clearings, sunny meadow, or even beside a beautiful brook. Those are the places that are sacred by the very fact that they were not made by human hands. It is their very nature to be sacred. So the next time you are out in nature, whether you are taking a stroll along a stream or in a National Park, please remember, you are walking in the largest cathedral there is; treat it with reverence and gratitude and you will find blessings flow to you unemcumbered by brick and mortar.

Have a blessed day.