Doxologies, Delirium and Discussion: Religion Chat Thread number 3

[nickelbabyhatcher]

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It's basically a "what happened in church/spiritual life/anything else you want to chat about that's vaguely related (or not) to churchy stuff.

Avid Chelsea supporters in this house, so DH, DS and DD2 (named Ch...... you've guessed it!!!) will be happy tonight then, unless the other side have scored 4!!

No, it looks like you'll be a happy household. And Torres didn't score, so I'm happy too, and the way its going, we'll be a happy household because Man U are losing!

sermon seemed to go down well :).

I meant to say, found out afterwards, Torres had a goal disallowed yesterday - it was an offside decision, which DH said "could have gone either way"! (hope that wasn't my fault :o)

Mary, I would get your posts deleted immediately, grab your passport and leave the country on the first flight you can!! You will have the whole mob of the Chelsea fans out for your blood!!

DH is a massive Chelsea fan, and he agreed when I told him about your sermon.
He is very stoic though, and said "that's just the way things go"

I recorded both our services yesterday, so at some point I will get round to making videos and putting them on YouTube, then I'll post links for you all.

We did Thorns in the Straw in the morning, which went well, but I'm sure my choir has never heard of dynamics
In the evening we did an Anthem by Desmond Ratcliffe called When Jesus Went to Calvary - it sounds like a proper funeral anthem, but quite lovely in its own way. (would not suit the happy-clappy brigade!)
DH found it in the music cupboard a couple of months ago. And it's really hard to sing - it's in 2 flats, but has about 8million accidentals in it!

right, we did Christian Dost Thou See them? again, so

And!
brand new and exciting and nowhere else to be found!!!

(taken from 20th Century Hymn tunes)

I need to come here and make a confession. One of my favourite songs I have discovered is a GK song. (live with head in the sands and never look at the names of the bottom of the screen). I have loved the words of "Meekness and Majesty" since reading a book by RT Kendall using the words of that song for each chapter and I found the book hugely powerful, and so the song has lots of meaning to me.

Am I now sent to Coventry, never allowed to post again on here? ridiculed, rejected?

I love the words of meekness and majesty, but the "song" itself covers all the naughtiness of GK.
It's a shame.

You're forgiven, my child

Is he naughty? I know some women prefer "bad lads" . Personally I am a fan of GK.

Not a fan of Christian dost... perhaps because it reminds me of Christian dust, which I have a lot of, in this house... if dust can be Christian...

naughtiness of the music, rather than his naughtiness as a person.
He follows a script and is rather unimaginitive in music and in putting in "convenient" rhymes etc.

Did you see the video though?
I love that hymn - it's amazing.
It covers everything that Christians believe and have to go through to worship - It reminds me of being a child and being picked on for going to church - and the hymn says "actually, you know what? tease me all the bloody hel you like, but I'm a christian, and I'm not going to be persuaded by you"

Sorry Nickel, it really isn't my sort of thing. I like inspiring words, and I agree that GK can be insipid, but if the music doesn't "grab" me, I switch off.

How about ?

fair enough - each to his own!
I say the same about happy clappy/euphoric music, so...

sorry, i didn't like Every God. :(

I hope this doesn't turn into a competition - who can find a piece of music that everyone agrees they like? It hasn't happened yet on these threads, I don't think it will....

*Everyday God, even. oops

Whereas Victorian sentimental dirges make me vomit! :o

Perhaps we can all agree on what we DISlike instead?

Meanwhile, here are a couple of verses spoofed on a well-known hymn (which I dislike), first verse written by a friend, and I contributed the other:

Let all mortal flesh keep talking
With our chat and gossip bland,
We don't care for heavenly-minded,
Pious prigs we just can't stand.
We'll drag out the Peace for hours
Till we've shaken every hand.

Rank, so rank, the choir, not heaven
spreads its misery on the way
As the incense clouds descendeth
from the thurible in its sway
Pray the pungent smell may vanish
as the thick smog clears away

:o

fab words. unfortunately, it happens to be one of my favourite hymns, and whenever we do it for our communion anthem, we get the best comments on it! (we usually do our anthems unaccompanied)

I love that hymn too...in its original form, sorry Mary

Just wait for the rest of them to come in - there could be a full-scale riot as we argue about which hymns are fab and which are dreadful!

Isn't that the beauty of music, though? that it's so diverse, and that God has given so many people different talents, so that everyone is catered for!

I think everyone else is frightened away! Did I mention I have a GK CD?

I came a cropper with a hymn for Compline last night/tonight! No-one knew the tune I did, which I thought was a well known Advent hymn! No organist for either night, so no-one to check with...

This was the hymn:

Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That you, with steadfast love, would keep
Your watch around us while we sleep.

From evil dreams defend our sight,
From fears and terrors of the night;
Tread underfoot our deadly foe
That we no sinful thought may know.

O Father, that we ask be done
Through Jesus Christ, your only Son;
And Holy Spirit, by whose breath
Our souls are raised to life from death.

(personally I love the tune, so haunting, particularly for Compline)

Hello all! Been a busy few days....

I'm just watching "Does Christianity have a Future?" which I Sky+ed from the other evening. Did anyone else see it? Only about 10 mins in and I'm not sure that it's been put together that well and Ann Widdecombe presenting

As for musical taste, I like most things. I used to love GK in the late 80s but I find now they have just been over used and I agree with whoever said that his writing seems a little bit lazy. I find the more happy clappy and charismatic stuff does bring something to my relationship with God but I also love some of the older hymns. It's often about the words for me.

Hence, I love "Let all Mortal Flesh" and also really looking forward to The Litany of Saints at our Easter Vigil. However I also get a lot from more modern songs such as "Worthy is the Lamb" here
I could list a load more but those are just the ones that come immediately to mind.

Mary - I've not come across either that hymn or the tune before. I agree the tune is wonderfully haunting.
Also loved your sermon theme being supported by Torres not scoring! (Should I mention that I'm a lifelong Spurs fan?!)

Nickel - I agree! God is amazing in the different tastes and talents he has given us and it is great that we have this variety of music to discuss and offer opinions on!

Right, it's taken me about half an hour to write this post so I'd best get on!

Has anybody seen ?
Our minister posted it on Facebook