Art in the Church

I read this on Steve Taylor's blog; thought it was worth passing on (Not THAT Steve Taylor, but the kiwi): THIS IS HIS BLOG SITE

I once was interviewed by a reporter for National Public Radio, who ... asked, "Doesn't all the music and painting and artwork in your church distract you from focusing on God?" and I responded, "Tell me this. If your husband takes you out for an anniversary dinner, and there is candlelight and roses and violins, does that distract you from feeling romantic?" That's how humans are made, to respond to beauty with openness and joy-a truth more apparent to earlier Christians than to many of us today.