What cathedral installations reveal
At Father Ed’s Blog, Fr Ed Tomlinson asked why Anglican cathedrals are putting tourist attractions in their naves: a helter-skelter at Norwich, a golf course at Rochester. Why not put them outside, Fr Tomlinson suggested. “There is open space in front of Norwich Cathedral which would make a brilliant home for a slide. Similarly, the grounds of Rochester Cathedral would make a good venue for crazy golf.”
Fr Tomlinson linked this “tomfoolery” to the modern crisis of faith. The clergy are “everywhere embroiled in earthly not heavenly matters; speaking out passionately on immigration and plastic straws but utterly silent on divine judgment and the salvation of souls”. They no longer act in church as though “the veil between heaven and earth is thin here”. Nor do they expect that people will be “drawn to church by true faith and authentic holiness.
