Why do football stadiums basically look the same? There are certainly differences in size, whether or not they have a dome, and the external aesthetics of the building. They are individually known by different names. But that said, you can drive by a football stadium - whether at the local high school campus, the university, or in a big city that has an NFL presence - and you will know that this is a stadium…

I’ve often heard the service of the acolyte being downplayed as “just lighting candles.” If that’s the case, why have them at all? And since we now have electricity, why have candles at all? For anyone in the congregation can flip the switch. Such denigration of acolyte service is unfortunate and ill-advised.