CNN: If the Rev. John DeBonville could preach a sermon to lift the souls of churchgoers across America, his message would be simple:
Stop dressing so tacky for church.
Yeah, good luck with that, John.
Fortunately, this is a problem I don't have with my congregation; they always look spiffy.
Many years ago, in West Hartford Center, with a popular coffee chain just around the corner from the church, I did used to have some folks who would bring cups in with them for services. Asking people not to bring them in the church was a request that went unheeded. I actually went so far as to have the ushers hand out those clip-on cup holders for cars rather than deal with spilled coffee on the pews, prayer books, hymnals, and other parishioners.