[Magdalen] Epiphany

[Jay Weigel]

I was taught that you should pause for at least 20-30 seconds after
finishing the reading before saying "The word of the Lord", in order to
give the words a chance to sink in at least a little. A lot of readers
don't do that.

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I liked the comment someone made on this thread (Mike M?) about a good
> reader leaving us with 'the word' and not so much of themselves.
>
> At my previous church a new member, formerly of the 'troupe' 'Friends of
> the Groom' when they had lived in Cincinnati OH,  became a reader.  The
> theatric reading was a bit over the top with dramatic pauses, pitch and
> tone changes... I would be tired after hearing this person read. I remember
> one dire reading - perhaps when John the Baptist looses his head?  We could
> all visualize the gore.  Not good.
>
> L
>
> My email  is changing soon to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
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> From: "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 10:39 AM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Epiphany
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 1/6/2015 10:49:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:
>>
>>
>> They  often have to read the shop-a-tree-for-Christ version because the
>> reader  is
>> frequently unintelligible.>>>>
>>
>> I've concluded that I must live in a charmed world, because I
>> just haven't seen a lot of sloppy scriptural reading, lay and clergy
>> alike in either of the two denominations with I have strong  familiarity
>> (TEC, RCC).  True, some would not win the forensics prize for
>> highest quality delivery, but habitual mumblers, and stumblers
>> I haven't encountered.
>>
>> Actually, I get entertained by the variety of accents one hears
>> here in the USA Northeast.  By comparison, the Upper  Midwest
>> of my younger years is much less exciting and uniform in
>> the accent area.
>>
>> There's, for example, what I privately call my dream team layreaders,
>> consisting of a woman with a strong Greater New York - New  Jersey
>> suburban accent paired with a fellow with a strong Bostonian accent.
>> They cause the congregation to sit up and listen to what are to the
>> local coal-crackers (and Upper Midwesterners) different and  remarkable
>> sounds.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> David Strang.
>>
>>
>>