[Magdalen] Psalm - Whither Goeth Thou?

[Lesley de Voil]

Hi Ferdinand
Welcome from the other end of the world (Queensland, Australia.) Nice
to meet a nother  'Pisky face (my late husband's cousin in Arbroath is
the son of the onetime Dean of Brechin.)
I hope you enjoy a bit of the sunshine next week to see the solar eclipse.

Regards
Lesley de Voil

On 3/16/15, Ferdinand von Prondzynski <F.von-Prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk> wrote:
> Jim Guthrie wrote:
>
>>Nearly everyone wants to keep the lights on, after all -- with an
>>ever-shrinking
>>number believing they'd rather shut their doors than do something other
>>than
>>"What we've always done."
>
> In my experience, the really terrible thing is not those who do 'what
> they've always done' (though sometimes that can be bad and lifeless), but
> those who introduce something they regard as up-to-date but which reflects
> musical and other tastes from their own youth, now long past and of no
> interest to today's youth. Folk Mass anyone? Not for me, at least.
>
> There is absolutely nothing wring with traditional music, liturgy or
> ritual if it fits the place and engages the people. When it doesn't, it's
> bad. But I've come to realise that many young people actually regard
> plainchant as rather cool.
>
> As for TEC - my apologies, I was being facetious. I knew that. I just hate
> it as an acronym. Indeed I don't think any church should casually be known
> by an acronym.
>
> Of course, as everyone here will know, 'The Episcopal Church' is here in
> Scotland. The US denomination is merely its child.
>
> Ferdinand
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