http://lutherankantor.com/2009/01/08/the-lcms-100-song-study-part-1/ Receiving the gifts God gives through Word and Sacrament Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:36:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://lutherankantor.com/2009/01/08/the-lcms-100-song-study-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Susan Robbins Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:37:11 +0000 http://lutherankantor.wordpress.com/?p=378#comment-63 People choose songs over hymns for two reasons: 1) Because they like them; 2) Because they can. Pretty much the same reasoning by which people choose lots of things that don't do much for them beyond making them feel momentarily better about themselves and their choices. And the better it makes them feel, the more they resist any tug towards anything more substantial, or even more beneficial. They're (we're) addicted to their (our) feelings; to ourselves. People choose songs over hymns for two reasons:
1) Because they like them;
2) Because they can.
Pretty much the same reasoning by which people choose lots of things that don’t do much for them beyond making them feel momentarily better about themselves and their choices.
And the better it makes them feel, the more they resist any tug towards anything more substantial, or even more beneficial.
They’re (we’re) addicted to their (our) feelings; to ourselves.

]]> http://lutherankantor.com/2009/01/08/the-lcms-100-song-study-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Vicar Josh Osbun Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:28:05 +0000 http://lutherankantor.wordpress.com/?p=378#comment-62 If a "song" only has a lifespan of "days," then is it really catholic? It is really worth our time? Why should we learn something that will never sung again, when we can teach hymns that will be sung for a lifetime, hymns that can be sung on the deathbed, hymns that can be sung at family gatherings or devotions, hymns that can be sung at moments of great praise or moments of great sorrow? If a “song” only has a lifespan of “days,” then is it really catholic? It is really worth our time? Why should we learn something that will never sung again, when we can teach hymns that will be sung for a lifetime, hymns that can be sung on the deathbed, hymns that can be sung at family gatherings or devotions, hymns that can be sung at moments of great praise or moments of great sorrow?

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