Postmodern Stained Glass

CF Palmetto Bay has done some remodeling of the main campus worship center. "Some remodeling" does not do justice. They have done major renovations, and it's my understanding that there's more coming! (I'm jealous that we're not doing it in Homestead (yet!))

As part of the remodeling, they covered the gorgeous stained glass in the worship center... I gotta admit, I viewed this with mixed emotion. Growing up in this church, the stained glass is actually very sentimental for me. However, with the lighting and the other visual work we do, I understood why it had to go. (You can see in the picture on the right how much natural light would come in through the stained glass window).

Then I read a quote from Mark Batterson, pastor of National Community Church (and quickly becoming my "most quoted" person on this blog)...

I'm sure I've blogged about it before, but we view the movie theater screen as postmodern stained glass. The medieval church used stained glass to tell the gospel story in pictures. We use the screen and videos to tell the gospel story in moving pictures.

Sort of put it in context. Stained glass used to bring people into an environment of worship. Today, we use three video screens to help contribute to the process. Who needs stained glass after all?