The activities in one’s living room or bedroom or—God help us—one’s kitchen are usually the same whether a religious program is being presented or The A-Team or Dallas is being presented. People will eat, talk, go to the bathroom, do push-ups or any of the things they are accustomed to doing in the presence of an animated television screen.
This is a problem that was ignored (I did not see it discussed) in the rush to take worship services "online" via Zoom or streaming during the COVID pandemic. We are living with the consequences of that "momentary" discruption now, for how long?
