[Magdalen] In Christ Alone

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I was thinking how horrid the words were, happy to see I'm not alone.  A
wrathful God is heresy. To say nothing of a deity out of control. I don't
really think that's what is going on, although, who knows, I could turn out
to be wrong, and God is not much different from Osama bin Laden. I don't
think so, but I seem to be a minority these days. That certainly is the
driving force behind a lot of the stuff which passes for theology in our
political scene.

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, May 8, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> Love the tune. Have the same problem as Simon does with the words.
> Substitutionary atonement is the big problem of contemporary hymnody.  I
> find a lot of hymns unsingable because the theology sucks.
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
> > On May 8, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 5/8/2017 10:40:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > What  think ye  all?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> >
> >
> > It's nice to encounter a hymn in this contemporary style that  has
> > a nice, Christocentric text.
> >
> > I like the barbershop quartet version better than the female
> > singer with all the accompaniment.
> >
> > I wonder how a non-professional congregation would do with
> > this hymn?
> >
> > And I must confess the hymn (really anything!) suffers in contrast to
> what
> > is surely one of the greatest motets of the past century, the Morten
> > Lauridsen
> > "O Magnum Mysterium."  Here it is sung by the Winchester
> > Cathedral Choir in their stalls in the great choir (architectural) of
> > the Church.
> >
> > Thanks for this!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiiF83q7G0
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> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkIDNnZ9pMk
> >
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> >
> > David S.
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> >
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