April 10, 2009

You know you're a Baptist...

...when, as the echoes and reverb are dying in the sanctuary, the last ringing of the beautifully dissonant chord at the climax of "Go to Dark Gethsemane," just as the beautiful denouement of the good friday hymn is about to begin...
...you hear a loud AY-MAEN! from the congregation...

Any praise for lack of culture?

ugh...

1 comment:

Gabriel said...

C.S. Lewis actually didn't like hymns, but he said that when he realized that the man across the pew (who was so holy Lewis didn't feel worthy to untie his shoelace) was belting out those hymns... If it's good enough for him than it's good enough for me!