[Magdalen] Here We Go Again.

[Grace Cangialosi]

I never heard or thought of "our," but I like it. Then we'll have all 3 options simultaneously!

> On Jul 6, 2015, at 8:30 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> Not clear what you're getting at.  "Her" is awkward.  So His "him," and so
> is "God."  "Our" seems like the intuitive choice, if one cares about what
> sounds/feels natural.
> 
> Ann
> 
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
> 
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 5:59 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hmm. I heard it just a couple weeks ago. I was the only one I heard to say
>> "Her".
>> 
>> I thought most people ignore this stuff today.  Mind you I don't say
>> whether they should or not, but I just don't get the impression they worry
>> about it.
>> 
>> After all, we all know God is beyond gender and using the male pronoun is
>> better than saying "give It thanks and praise," which suggests the FSM or
>> some other, uh, entity.
>> 
>> 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 Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 9:41 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I bet it's been twenty years or more since I've heard someone read/say
>>> 
>>> It is right to give him thanks and praise.
>>> 
>>> These changes are in the works. In the pews.
>>> -M
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Monday, July 6, 2015, Raewynne Whiteley <raewynne1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> And my other basic wish is to remove gendered language for people in
>> the
>>>> BCP - a minor change, but way way way overdue.  It would be nice to
>> have
>>> a
>>>> much wider range of metaphors for God as well, rather than the dominant
>>>> male ones, but let's start with people.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>>> I subscribe to the USA Prayer Book Society's "Mandate"
>>>>>> periodical.
>>> 
>>> There used to be a local publication called Mandate. It had nothing to
>>> do with the BCP, but was a classified service. Men seeking men.
>>