2020-02-04T22:29:31Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/what-s-your-liturgytag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1235/43482020-02-04T22:29:31ZSursumCorda<p>I knew there was a reason why baseball is one of the few sports I can endure watching. :) It moves slowly enough that I can mostly figure out what's going on. Golf isn't too bad. But most other games simply move too fast for me. (I'll admit, however, that when actually playing the game of baseball as a child I had plenty of falling-asleep-in-right-field moments.)</p> <p>So much depends on the particular church, as well. Anglican churches tend to win big for me because of (1) short sermons, (2) lots of motion and participation on the part of the congregation instead of sitting still in the pews for most of the service, (3) the importance of the Eucharist, and (4) the importance of music. In our particular church, not only do we have lots of congregational singing, but much of the service is sung as well—and our priest is a good musician with a pleasant voice.</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1235/43472020-01-31T14:02:32ZEric<p>Mom always said her KJV instructions were to make a &quot;joyful noise.&quot; Being on-key was a bonus. A bonus for my Episcopal friends would be if we could learn to clap on the 2 and 4, not the 1 and 3.</p> <p>It seems to me that our Episcopal Church has the same liturgical problem that Major League Baseball has: too slow, too long, too opaque, too difficult to access. They start you off in right field until you learn the rules. And while you're standing there confused and idle, wondering why everyone is chanting &quot;batter batter batter,&quot; you're looking over at the soccer field where EVERYONE is running around and having fun.</p> <p>We haven't even gotten yet to the infield fly rule, which is roughly akin to explaining &quot;begotten, not made&quot; in the Nicene Creed... :)</p>