tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post113806036586408398..comments2023-09-19T07:50:13.308-07:00Comments on Feminary: Will the real worship service please stand up?Stasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1144336360041233302006-04-06T08:12:00.000-07:002006-04-06T08:12:00.000-07:00Very interesting. Interesting indeed...Very interesting. Interesting indeed...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1138749360692381802006-01-31T15:16:00.000-08:002006-01-31T15:16:00.000-08:00My parish has a jazz mass, and it's well done. It'...My parish has a jazz mass, and it's well done. It's what originally got me to go, and my girlfriend and I stayed because of the priest & the community. I usually go to a different Mass because I do like the choir, incense, altar servers en masse, and the rest of the features of a high Mass, but occassionally we do return to the jazz Mass -- a very traditional liturgy with hymns, prayers and responses set to a different kind of music.<BR/><BR/>I will have to check out the Brubeck Mass.Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265036866243982434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1138209615639513712006-01-25T09:20:00.000-08:002006-01-25T09:20:00.000-08:00Check out Dave Brubeck's Mass and Chuck Mangione's...Check out Dave Brubeck's Mass and Chuck Mangione's Mass for St Bernard.<BR/><BR/>Brubeck became a Catholic when he tried to refuse the commission for the jazz mass. He had a dream, and the music came to him.<BR/><BR/>Brubeck also wrote a christmas cantata for mixed choir and orchestra called <I>La Posada</I>.<BR/><BR/>Good stuff, all of it. The problem is that the preparing the music for public performance is difficult. You need musicians who really understand jazz, and a few who really know how to improvise for it to come off.<BR/><BR/>I think it's one of those things that is a great concept, but very difficult to pull off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1138111880721878892006-01-24T06:11:00.000-08:002006-01-24T06:11:00.000-08:00You have done an excellent job of describing visua...You have done an excellent job of describing visually and otherwise the difference between "going to church" and "being the church." I have worked for mainline churches (as music and worship leader) for more than 25 years and I've seen it all. But, like so many others, I have been sensing a need to honesty CONNECT with the Lord in ways that MOST typical churches really allow. I love your use of the word "trappings" because that is truly what so many churches continue to do - we TRAP people! When God wants us to be SET FREE! Still, we have to be careful not to look for "the magic elements" that will make "church" meaningful. In the end - NOTHING - no candles, no wine, no film clips, no comfy couches - none of these will MAKE people worship if they are not presupposed to it to begin with. We need to CHOOSE to encounter God regardless of the atmosphere... Thanks for sharing your heart in this post! Visit me sometime over at: www.commonsaints.blogspot.comDan McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09523180205289209777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1138085781119255962006-01-23T22:56:00.000-08:002006-01-23T22:56:00.000-08:00Moby and Dj Tiesto should collaborate...Moby and Dj Tiesto should collaborate...Caeliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490717245066578132noreply@blogger.com