[Magdalen] Here We Go Again.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The elves putting the thing together should include a proposed date of
revision as a matter of course.  Ten years seems reasonable, don't you
think?

Also, let's put together one book in which are all the possible services,
no exceptions at all whatsoever. The "Exhaustive Book of Common Prayer"
[EBCP]

Then people wanting copies specify what they want and it gets published for
them that way.  No, there will never again be any need for any extra
volumes, but also no need for wasted paper.  You get the text you want, but
no more than you want.

Publish it in disposable paper not designed to last.  I'd go with a booklet
with the rite 2 and psalter.

You can go online and crank out a PDF of whatever your little (blessed be)
heart desires. And self-publish it.  That would make a great platform for a
DIY format for a special service, where you want certain things.

Those who wish to add stuff not in the appointed EBCP (Exhaustive Book
etc.) could cut and paste their special text into supplied windows ("paste
your heretical text here")



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I do think that the format and expense involved with new publications will
> also be a huge part of any revision conversation.
>
> Regarding front cover info I would fervently hope some kind of USA
> identifier would be present next time as the "title" The Book of Common
> Prayer was never the U.S. Church's title to begin with.
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 4, 2015, at 8:32 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> One of our Canons suggested (circa 1983) that we start
> a group to preserve the 1979 prayer book.
>
> He was joking, of course.
>
> A friend whose eyesight isn't what it was uses the BCP and
> Hymnal on his iPad. He finds the backlighting helpful in his
> (romantically-lit) dim church building.
> -M
>