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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0<\/strong> page.]<\/span><\/p>\n I have noticed that some people do not like to sit in the center section of pews during worship because they feel the cold air blowing directly on them. Some of the ladies who sit there have had to reach for their wraps or borrow a coat from their gentlemanly husband before the last \u201cAmen.” Admittedly, this is somewhat of a problem. (Confidentially, however, I suppose I should add that man hasn\u2019t made the thermostat yet that can satisfy even a few dozen people).<\/span><\/p>\n But there\u2019s a problem much more serious that we can do something about: the problem of a coolness in our attitude. I wish there were a thermostat that could be adjusted to take care of this type of coolness. I know that there are some people who dart to their cars so fast after worship that an ambitious greyhound couldn\u2019t catch them, and then who will go around telling their friends, \u201cThat\u2019s the coldest bunch of people I ever saw. Not a soul spoke to me on the way out.\u201d Such sick critics who would have drowned long ago if self-sympathy were water, don\u2019t bother me for a minute. But it indeed concerns me when I see people whom even I can tell are visitors are left, standing around in our foyers, aisles and hallways with little or no attention shown them. The coolness is not only felt in the way our visitors are not greeted, but also in the way some members have been too rushed to speak to another. I have gotten the idea from somewhere (could it be the New Testament?) that God\u2019s people were possessed of a warm, contagious sort of friendliness in the early days.<\/span><\/p>\n However, I don\u2019t like to be just critical. If I can\u2019t offer some positive solutions to the problem I see, I haven\u2019t even the right to criticize. How would I \u201cTurn up the heat\u201d in our public meetings?<\/span><\/p>\n Did I hear anyone say, \u201cAmen\u201d?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it was published in the August 15, 1971, edition of The Christian Reminder, <\/em>weekly bulletin of the Johnson Street Church of Christ, San Angelo, TX, of which I was editor.<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution:<\/strong> From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 0[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0 page.] I have noticed that some people do not like to sit in the center section of pews during worship because they feel the cold air blowing directly on them. Some…<\/p>\n\n