tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post111360530291039181..comments2023-11-02T09:43:50.767-04:00Comments on A choral musician's blog: Jacob wrestled the angelCurrentConductorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17496136929514285841noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post-1114973042056138452005-05-01T14:44:00.000-04:002005-05-01T14:44:00.000-04:00As you can perhaps tell, I'm slowly starting to re...As you can perhaps tell, I'm slowly starting to read livejournal again, after a several-month hiatus, and now I feel I understand better where you're coming from with this. Our alma mater, after all, made a point of using almost entirely secular music for Convocation and Baccalaureate, the closest events to compulsory chapel still used at the school.<BR/><BR/>Like Kate, I was raised a liberal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post-1114015749577908692005-04-20T12:49:00.000-04:002005-04-20T12:49:00.000-04:00To Skyler:Well, the Some Person In Authority actua...To Skyler:<BR/><BR/>Well, the Some Person In Authority actually didn't have the authority to pick the music - that was students. So they don't really have the authority to change it, either. And it's far too late, now, b/c there are so few rehearsals for graduation to start with, and now they're more than half over. The goal is to revise the ceremony next year.<BR/><BR/>It's really a problem of CurrentConductorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17496136929514285841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post-1114015708792345202005-04-20T12:48:00.000-04:002005-04-20T12:48:00.000-04:00To Kate:Thanks for getting my back. :)and most of ...To Kate:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for getting my back. :)<BR/><BR/><I>and most of all that people should think Christianity and domination must be bound together.</I><BR/><BR/>I battle this every day, and in my language I often fail (saying "Christians" when I mean "the religious right", for example.) Luckily there are people here at this school that are really helping me understand what Christianity can CurrentConductorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17496136929514285841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post-1114015352899130832005-04-20T12:42:00.000-04:002005-04-20T12:42:00.000-04:00To Rachel:I'm glad it made sense to you. You're o...To Rachel:<BR/><BR/>I'm glad it made sense to you. You're one of my...er...foundation stones of reference, if that makes sense, when talking about religion, and it's always important to me when you understand. And the end of the story of Jacob is fascinating. As always, it's good to know I'm not alone. (Does this make me an honorary member of the Children of Israel? ;)CurrentConductorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17496136929514285841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post-1114015150772936452005-04-20T12:39:00.000-04:002005-04-20T12:39:00.000-04:00To Julia:You're welcome. Thanks for speaking up. ...To Julia:<BR/><BR/>You're welcome. Thanks for speaking up. :)CurrentConductorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17496136929514285841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post-1114015127565140952005-04-20T12:38:00.000-04:002005-04-20T12:38:00.000-04:00To Betsy:Thanks for your response! But as for ".....To Betsy:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your response! But as for "...not because I think there's anything so great about Christian music..." - well, I think somebody needs me to make them a mix CD. :)CurrentConductorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17496136929514285841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post-1113969741250897372005-04-20T00:02:00.000-04:002005-04-20T00:02:00.000-04:00I was raised liberal and wacky Christian, and I wo...I was raised liberal and wacky Christian, and I would be deeply troubled to hear or sing lyrics like those in church, let alone at a graduation ceremony. Christianity itself, as I learned it, is no more intrinsically evangelical than nanotechnology. The Rev. when I was a kid used to give the same talk every year during the Christmas candlelight ceremony: hold your candle upright and let the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post-1113947204005780032005-04-19T17:46:00.000-04:002005-04-19T17:46:00.000-04:00I'm so glad Some Person In Authority finally LISTE...I'm so glad Some Person In Authority finally LISTENED and addressed your concerns, though I wish they'd changed the music instead of just having dissenters sit out. <BR/><BR/>As a part-Zen-Buddhist-part-pagan-Goddess-worshipper, I'd find those lyrics upsetting even as a casual attendee, let alone a participant--unless the graduation was for an evangelical theological seminary!<BR/><BR/>I look Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post-1113907206009465472005-04-19T06:40:00.000-04:002005-04-19T06:40:00.000-04:00I'm trying to formulate a worthy response to this ...I'm trying to formulate a worthy response to this post and...bah, my brain won't work. I think it's really important for you to be on the commitee for next year. And thank you for helping to teach people that not everyone in this country is Christian. <BR/><BR/>JuliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066108.post-1113884803177620802005-04-19T00:26:00.000-04:002005-04-19T00:26:00.000-04:00I think you are making the right decision. This i...I think you are making the right decision. This is a cop-out thing to say, because I think that anything you do will be the right decision, but hear me out. The reason you are making the right decision is that you are thinking about these things critically and doing what works for you, which is precisely what you need to do in this situation. As luck would have it, it also seems like you are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com