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captainsblog(Continuing, of course, from bill-sheehan's Atheist Sermonette about Godly, boring, traditional, Man-on-top-get-it-over-with Christian sexuality and the Holy Mother Church's crusade (oops, our bad) to stamp out anything else.
From our far more enlightened (although still denominatonally-gay-marriage-banned) sanctuary this morning, our minister called upon us to sing, worship, serve God with, and I quote, "lust."
He waited a second for the shrapnel from that bomb to drop, calling out one parishioner in a frontish pew who visibly choked, and only then reminded us that he was not using the word in the strictly secular sense of more modern-day references. No, he said, he wasn't using it "like Jimmy Carter did in that famed Rolling Stone interview."
(Don't click that link just yet. It'll ruin the punch line.)
Rather, he meant it the way Our Founder John Wesley did- as an expression of passion, and of zeal. In the fourth entry of his 18th century "Directions for Singing" that still preface our current hymnal, Wesley put it this way:
Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength.
And so Rich encouraged us to a similar lustiness in all aspects of faith, not just the singing word. And not like that Rolling Stone thing.
Funny thing about that, though. I confirmed my recollection on my iPhone, just in time to correct the preacher on the way out:
Me: Erm, that Jimmy Carter interview? Wasn't in Rolling Stone.
Rich (looking a bit worried): Really? What was it in?
Me: It was in Playboy.
(you can click the link now)
Rich (doing his best Dana Carvey isn't that special look): Oh.
Me: Which I remember from back in the mid-70s, because of course I read all of those issues for the articles.
Somehow, I don't think any of the Articles of Religion from back then were accompanied by anything as interesting.
From our far more enlightened (although still denominatonally-gay-marriage-banned) sanctuary this morning, our minister called upon us to sing, worship, serve God with, and I quote, "lust."
He waited a second for the shrapnel from that bomb to drop, calling out one parishioner in a frontish pew who visibly choked, and only then reminded us that he was not using the word in the strictly secular sense of more modern-day references. No, he said, he wasn't using it "like Jimmy Carter did in that famed Rolling Stone interview."
(Don't click that link just yet. It'll ruin the punch line.)
Rather, he meant it the way Our Founder John Wesley did- as an expression of passion, and of zeal. In the fourth entry of his 18th century "Directions for Singing" that still preface our current hymnal, Wesley put it this way:
Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength.
And so Rich encouraged us to a similar lustiness in all aspects of faith, not just the singing word. And not like that Rolling Stone thing.
Funny thing about that, though. I confirmed my recollection on my iPhone, just in time to correct the preacher on the way out:
Me: Erm, that Jimmy Carter interview? Wasn't in Rolling Stone.
Rich (looking a bit worried): Really? What was it in?
Me: It was in Playboy.
(you can click the link now)
Rich (doing his best Dana Carvey isn't that special look): Oh.
Me: Which I remember from back in the mid-70s, because of course I read all of those issues for the articles.
Somehow, I don't think any of the Articles of Religion from back then were accompanied by anything as interesting.
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Date: 2012-03-12 05:18 pm (UTC)