I used to view the worship service in church as a time of entertainment. Speaking to folks like me, Soren Kierkegaard said that we tend to think of church as a kind of theater :We sit in the audience, attentively watching the actors onstage. If sufficiently entertained we show our gratitude with applause. Church though, should be the opposite of the theater. God is the audience for our worship. What matters most takes place within the hearts of the congregation not onstage. We should leave a worship service asking ourselves not "What did I get out of it?" but rather "Was God pleased with what happened?"---Philip Yancey