tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post113954660323852351..comments2023-09-19T07:50:13.308-07:00Comments on Feminary: Be a lover not a fighterStasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1139757981876283282006-02-12T07:26:00.000-08:002006-02-12T07:26:00.000-08:00Poignant essay. Thanks.When my sister died a few y...Poignant essay. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>When my sister died a few years ago, I asked my rector whether he'd be interested in serving at her funeral (she was not an Episcopalian). He agreed. <BR/><BR/>When it came to picking out the hymns, I wanted "It Is Well (With My Soul);" but not only had Fr. Lewis not heard of it, the choirmaster had to search the archives. Like you, we sang from handouts. <BR/><BR/>It's funny that my parish, which speaks of its music programs with conceit (almost), is unfamiliar with some of the more touching, humane (and at times, maudlin) hymns of Christendom. Is this the source for the "Frozen Chosen" epithet hurled our way, that our hymnal is staid and pompous, distant and cold?<BR/><BR/>I've no idea.<BR/><BR/>Peace.Bill Gnadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343608982238562089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1139595530814154312006-02-10T10:18:00.000-08:002006-02-10T10:18:00.000-08:00This is such a powerful post; thank you for sharin...This is such a powerful post; thank you for sharing it. It's all too easy (for us and for others) to forget that we too fall into painful situations like these -- that we hurt as often, and as easily, as our parishioners do -- and that we can heal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1139593171846051802006-02-10T09:39:00.000-08:002006-02-10T09:39:00.000-08:00Glad to part of the journey! On hurt - "most peop...Glad to part of the journey! <BR/>On hurt - "most people hurt others because they are hurting themselves" - <BR/>It just occured to me that this can be read in two ways, both poignant:<BR/>1 - people cause hurt to others because they are feeling hurt by others<BR/>2 - people cause hurt to others because they are causing hurt to themselves.<BR/>Mine, I suspect, is the latter. Ouch.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078143800102185536noreply@blogger.com