I had been Lutheran since birth, but always thought that the Lutheran Church threw out too much of the baby with the bath water. My home church was very formal, the church a modern gothic but very classic church building. The ministers were very formal in attire and chanted the service. Then I went to Colorado University. The chapel was infomral in service but great in classical Lutheran Church music. The art and practice kept me there. After that I never found a Lutheran Church I could fit into. Either old and stuffy or grace band and guitars. I then went as a compromise with my Italian RC wife to the Episcopal churc. Good service but no theology. I did not fit there either. Back to art. I followed my grandmother\'s Episcopal Priest as he became Orthodox. I finally went to his church. The art, meaning music, icons, vestments, liturgy, iconostasis, candles. The art drew me even more than a RC church. Somehow, I felt that the art had drawn me in, then the theology pierced me to the soul, by God\' s Grace. Yes art had a great effect, it drew me in by the senses of sight, smell and hearing. Later came touch and taste. It is an all encomposing experience. Then comes the full involvement of mind and soul. A feast for the whole man.
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