"Come as you are in the family car"
ARTESIA, Calif. (AP) — The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, a California televangelist and author who beamed his upbeat messages on faith and redemption to millions of followers from his landmark Crystal Cathedral only to see his empire crumble in his waning years, has died. He was 88.
His long infatuation with high-profile architects -- "There's a place for monuments," he told the Los Anglels Times in 1980, adding that "if the monument can be an instrument, you've got a winner" -- produced something quite rare: a collection of buildings that has something important to say about the evolution of both modern architecture and Orange County.