Although I was raised Catholic, attended 9 years of parochial school, and left Catholicism in my early forties, I grew comfortable with uniformity in the worship service. My wife and I then went to a Lutheran Church (LCMS), then to a non denominational Bible church, a Baptist church, an Orthodox Presbyterian Church, another non denominational community church, and back to a series of LCMS churches. Presently, we are attending a non denominational Baptist church which stresses Reformed Baptist doctrines. Meanwhile, as we moved from church to church, we sincerely strived to understand the Bible like the Bereans of Acts, but found no easy way to comprehend the reasons why the church was so divided on the meanings of similar passages of scripture. I cannot engage in theological disputes. That is the realm of Theologians, most of whom disagree on the finer points. I have retained much of the Lutheran influences, yet never felt comfortable with the lack of uniformity of worship I found in several churches we attended. Each congregation reflected a difference in style, and preaching seemed to be usually short messages, not the type of expository teaching needed by Christian families. Perhaps, other LCMS churches are more traditional, so I cannot judge from the half dozen I have attended over the years. But the important thing is to be Biblical, and stress the Gospel, but my main criticism of Lutheran worship has been very little uniformity, with each congregation doing something different in worship, and in the process, losing its Lutheran identity. Soli Deo Gloria