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 7/21/17 4:20 PM |
| Haman | | Esther, OT | |  |  |
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I have noticed many churches call their services with more modern music "Contemporary Services." Yet the word, 'contemporary' means, with the times, or current, or modern-day, as some might say.
So the music at these services should be rap, jazz, and all the other variants that are out there, if they are to be truly 'contemporary'
Of course, they rarely are, and "CCM" has come to mean 'Contemporary Christian Music" which means a certain style of music that is truly not contemporary but within its own style.
Music is such a personal thing that it is hard to get everyone to agree on just one type. Some say the hymn-writer Isaac Watts started the Beginning of the End by getting away from using the Psalms as the basis of the hymns he wrote. |
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| 7/16/17 3:47 PM |
| Haman | | Esther, OT | | | |
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I visited Key West, Florida, once, and the cemetery had the graves on top of the ground. They said the water table is very high--if you dig a hole, within 2 feet you will have water. Same thing with old cemeteries where blacks are buried in Miami--in fact, you can do spot them from an aerial photo online. I remember in the Mid-Atlantic area that cemeteries were connected with local churches, especially Episcopalian. Sweden--looks like it is officially a Lutheran country, until recently, but not as connected as Great Britain where the Prime Minister names the head of the Anglican church. I think the previous discussion on 'legislating morality' could have benefited from the study of what happened in Nordic countries like Sweden where only one church was supported by the government. Cremation--I have read that the entire body is not converted to ashes, but the larger bones remain as fragments. What should we do with them? Many choose to have them dispersed in the sea. Mexico celebrates the Day of the Dead where the people gather around the graves of their loved ones; some say that makes them feel more connected to those who have left. In the US, they would say, we try to avoid any discussion of death, and even less, anything having to do with cemeteries. |
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