overthetop......

ok, so my church service today was overthetop in terms of being overly contrived......to the point that the guest pastor sequed into a soundsystem-backup rendition by the minister of music of some gospel top 10 hit that left me speechless in disbelief.......especially given that he and a former member sang an impressive duet to start the service....a prayer once performed by charlotte church and josh groban...that was decent with just a piano accompaniment...so why the cheesy piped in backround stuff...this guy has a ph.d. for heaven's sake....he should act like he has a shred of dignity.......i was in tears, though..on the way out....not because of the music...but because the benediction was the only one i ever heard me dad say...it was the one he used when ever asked to pray in public.......and however moved i was during this spectacle we now call church...it was the 5 lines at the close.......and that only because of the memories it invoked.......