tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post1668730340787936588..comments2024-03-29T08:52:01.745-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: Don't Tell the RectorUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-44014152916376149402008-07-10T12:22:00.000-04:002008-07-10T12:22:00.000-04:00Sorry John, my parents were married when I was bor...Sorry John, my parents were married when I was born....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-70947408469790241562008-07-09T22:43:00.000-04:002008-07-09T22:43:00.000-04:00Dear U.P..........Illegitimi non carborundum.Dear U.P..........<BR/><BR/>Illegitimi non carborundum.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223872923349972693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-16388909583163879422008-07-09T12:38:00.000-04:002008-07-09T12:38:00.000-04:00Dear Anon, our motto is "Service with a Smile." No...Dear Anon, our motto is "Service with a Smile." <BR/>Now you have laid down a guantlet, by that I mean we will have to keep an eye out for the Grand "Slam" (Sermon, Lessons, Apostates (clergy or lay), and Music).<BR/><BR/>John, <BR/>The blog arose from an earlier attempt by a former parishoner to have an on-line dialog on issues relating to the church, local and national. There was also opportunity to discuss the sermons. This comment box style of that site was initially linked to the ECOOS web page, but due to the honest opinions expresed in some of the comments, the site was banned. When the founding parishoner relocated, this blog was formed for the refugees and was opened to the public. My opinion is that some people talk to their spouses about the sermons and services in hushed secrecy. "We musn't let the neighbors know what we really think," is a less healthy way of dealing with religion than an open dialog. But, when open dialog is actively suppressed by the Church Police, I had to take it underground. <BR/>You have to love the Church. For 2000 years they have been trying to "get it right." The material for bloggers to chew on will never cease. That is because something fantastic happened 2000 years ago and we've been arguing about it ever since.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-35774994064536151282008-07-09T12:17:00.000-04:002008-07-09T12:17:00.000-04:00There is a huge difference between a critique and ...There is a huge difference between a critique and down right nasty. Now that folks are betting on the comments - it has decended into the catagory of a joke - there is a song in Bambi that we all should remember more often - "If you can't say something nice.... ssshhh.... say nothing!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-57303145717043014292008-07-08T23:50:00.000-04:002008-07-08T23:50:00.000-04:00Somehow, I thought the point of this blog was to c...Somehow, I thought the point of this blog was to critique. If they ever managed to get everything as it should be, there would be no need to critique.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223872923349972693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-59093812183701142592008-07-08T13:04:00.000-04:002008-07-08T13:04:00.000-04:00Thank you Underground Pewster - you see, I must no...Thank you Underground Pewster - you see, I must now confess - I made a bet with my spouse - I bet that you would not like at least one if not all of the following - the sermon, at least one of the readings, at least one member of our clergy and have a caustic comment about the music - and guess what - I WON!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-30558386364944722142008-07-07T13:38:00.000-04:002008-07-07T13:38:00.000-04:00For some reason the links did not work. Here it is...For some reason the links did not work. Here it is in long hand for pasting into your browser.<BR/>http://billyockham.blogspot.com/2007/11/communion-without-baptism.html<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/>http://www.episcopalchurch.org/<BR/><BR/>80050_92113_ENG_HTM.htmUndergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-34462551364543470232008-07-07T13:23:00.000-04:002008-07-07T13:23:00.000-04:00Dear John, (I always wanted to write that) I am gl...Dear John, (I always wanted to write that) <BR/>I am glad you mentioned the open communion invitation that was presented by our curate. This is a good topic for discussion. I remember Billy Ockham had <A HREF="" REL="nofollow" HREF= HTTP://BILLYOCKHAM.BLOGSPOT.COM/2007/11/COMMUNION-WITHOUT-BAPTISM.HTML>this to say</A> about it last year. There are links to an <A HREF="" REL="nofollow" HREF=HTTP://WWW.EPISCOPALCHURCH.ORG/80050_92113_ENG_HTM.HTM>Episcopal Life Online discussion</A> which provides diferring points of view on the subject. I heard the open communion call as you did, thanks for the reminder.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-42465084121557325042008-07-07T13:03:00.000-04:002008-07-07T13:03:00.000-04:00Someone needs to advise the curate that we do not ...Someone needs to advise the curate that we do not espouse "open" Communion. Her invitation for all to join at the table is a liberal innovation and flies in the face of accepted Anglican polity. The service bulletin contains a more accurate invitation, offering Communion to all "baptized Christians."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223872923349972693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-7719571402305071362008-07-07T09:31:00.000-04:002008-07-07T09:31:00.000-04:00As to the missing verses, I am reminded of the off...As to the missing verses, I am reminded of the official parish website of a few years past, which no longer exists because a few parishioners objected to the word "Sodom" and its various derivatives. Has censorship traveled from the parish up to the national church, or vice versa?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890870828860228480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-82465257392421594412008-07-07T08:52:00.000-04:002008-07-07T08:52:00.000-04:00Of course, references to uncomfortable things like...Of course, references to uncomfortable things like judgment and hell tend to weaken the continual references to the "God of Love" which lets us stay out late but still gives us our allowance and a pat on the head. Yet, mercy and grace have no meaning without the concepts of sin and judgment.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-15742647956088223952008-07-06T19:57:00.000-04:002008-07-06T19:57:00.000-04:00And what makes a hymn "Episcopal?"And what makes a hymn "Episcopal?"Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-41248734163748230852008-07-06T15:44:00.000-04:002008-07-06T15:44:00.000-04:00By the way those hymns weren't 'pushed' to the bac...By the way those hymns weren't 'pushed' to the back of the hymnal they were put there because they are not really Episcopal nor designed for our normal worship. And guess what else, we always sing them on the Sunday closest to July 4th. And if you're in the mind to put down our rector while he's away... don't. Only the cowardly speak ill of those who are not in attendance. Please have respect. Thank-youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-14533373511085789222008-07-06T14:36:00.000-04:002008-07-06T14:36:00.000-04:00#717 (through some quirk of the editors of the 198...#717 (through some quirk of the editors of the 1982 Hymnal) is called a National "Song". Does that make it a "non-hymn" even though it is in a hymnal?<BR/>(See my <A HREF="http://wallacehhartley.blogspot.com/2008/07/scarred-mangled-banner.html" REL="nofollow">post</A> on <B>the</B> National "Anthem")Wallace H. Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10875194553761947686noreply@blogger.com