tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post115962522277840860..comments2024-02-19T04:50:58.170-08:00Comments on Shuck and Jive: Song of the Fish PeopleJohn Shuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-1159637686570960652006-09-30T10:34:00.000-07:002006-09-30T10:34:00.000-07:00Thanks Seeker,I appreciated your analysis of the J...Thanks Seeker,<BR/><BR/>I appreciated your analysis of the Jensen situation on your blog. Ya'll oughtta check it out http://mysticalseeker.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>(I link to this blog on my front page under the "Cool Blogs" section.)<BR/><BR/>It will be worth defining as you have done terms such as "theist" and "atheist", etc. <BR/><BR/>But, to the doxology. Our congregation's version goes like this:<BR/><BR/>"Praise God from whom all blessings flow;<BR/>Praise Christ, all people here below;<BR/>Praise Holy Spirit evermore;<BR/>Praise Triune God, whom we adore.<BR/>Amen."<BR/><BR/>I inherited it. I always forget the words and go back to the Holy Ghost version on occasion. <BR/><BR/>To tell you the truth, I don't think our doxology is all that helpful anyway. We still talk about "all people here below" (below what?) <BR/><BR/>In a similar way, most of the hymns we sing are patriarchal and reflect a medieval cosmology. <BR/><BR/>Yet they are familiar and give a sense of peace and rootedness. Some of the new hymns are good, some are not. <BR/><BR/>However, new hymns that reflect how we see the world today will be old and familiar when our children grow older. <BR/><BR/>It is an art to work that balance between new and familiar...<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>johnJohn Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-1159633193602718572006-09-30T09:19:00.000-07:002006-09-30T09:19:00.000-07:00I just wrote a response to this in my blog, but I ...I just wrote a response to this in my blog, but I did want to add a comment here about one of Jensen's remarks about the doxology. I really like the words that he says they use in his church. Like Jensen, I am most familiar with the words (sung to "Old Hundredth") that end with "Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." Those words were sung in my church every Sunday when I was growing up. The version that they sing in St. Andrews is something I would love to hear in the church I attend now. But I also, like him, find some strange comfort in those old words. I guess it is because I like the melody and it is so familiar to me.Mystical Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828225180668865911noreply@blogger.com