tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post1505750562265486651..comments2024-03-11T00:26:35.303-07:00Comments on The Many Banes of My Existence by Alexis: An Irreverent Catholic's Take on a Sunday Spent in a Mormon church: A Modified Re-PostAlexisARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-53192302553716672014-04-25T21:16:32.389-07:002014-04-25T21:16:32.389-07:00My replies keep getting eaten by the l
Lucifer of ...My replies keep getting eaten by the l<br />Lucifer of the cyberwaves. In any event, if you ever attended a ward featuring proficient organist, you were in a most distinct minority. In today's world, TPTB would spruce up your chapel, put in a pipe organ, and start taping the sacrament meetings for BYU-TV programming in order to make people think Sacrament Meetings were like that everywhere.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-68035449591509286552014-04-25T21:12:02.047-07:002014-04-25T21:12:02.047-07:00Donna, if you attended a ward with a proficient or...Donna, if you attended a ward with a proficient organist, you were a part of a very elite minority.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-66701666243960422042014-04-25T21:08:59.410-07:002014-04-25T21:08:59.410-07:00Jill, it's amazing just how often many of us d...Jill, it's amazing just how often many of us do something because the people ahead of us do it, and how often we do so without giving any manner of thought to just why it is that we do it that way.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-13974698837607921952014-04-25T06:39:27.157-07:002014-04-25T06:39:27.157-07:00Good post Alexis. It never occurred to me that I s...Good post Alexis. It never occurred to me that I spent my entire life entering the church through side and back doors. There was one building (the stake center of my youth) that was actually entered through the front doors more often than not. After reading your post I must admit; I kind of want to attend a Fast and Testimony Meeting after 28 years of not attending. hmmm the thought is intriguing.<br /><br />I will say that the Ward I grew up in had an excellent organist; this always became obvious when there was a substitute organist.Just Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617582702842642998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-65377845500533217432014-04-22T15:51:21.885-07:002014-04-22T15:51:21.885-07:00Here's the thing, I've heard many Mormons ...Here's the thing, I've heard many Mormons boast that they have "really good music" in their wards/stakes. They think that because an inordinate number of them (mostly girls) are pressured into taking enough piano to learn to play a hymn or 2, since their future congregations will need a free accompanist. Since their musical careers are fueled by guilt rather than enthusiasm, the result is as expected. -- Something akin to the efforts that many of the boys apply to earning their Eagle badges. Great description, Alexis. I felt as if I was sitting through another church service. Meaning it creeped me out. lolDonna Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271377907141866718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-81211990418797345742014-04-21T12:21:28.540-07:002014-04-21T12:21:28.540-07:00You'll get the occasional decent organist in a...You'll get the occasional decent organist in an LDS church -- more often than not a convert -- but for the most part it's pretty grim.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-43118308781918180552014-04-21T12:19:55.830-07:002014-04-21T12:19:55.830-07:00My mother was a modern-day Delilah as far as my pa...My mother was a modern-day Delilah as far as my paternal grandfather was concerned.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-91585813579246787552014-04-21T11:24:33.094-07:002014-04-21T11:24:33.094-07:00And I used to think two hours of church was a bori...And I used to think two hours of church was a boring form of hell… My mom was a church organist for over fifty years and would probably hate attending a Mormon church for the terrible organ music alone. knottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10127277724751832329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-80302966239723621942014-04-21T08:12:30.946-07:002014-04-21T08:12:30.946-07:00I can't believe your mother seduced a Mormon! ...I can't believe your mother seduced a Mormon! Oh, the humanity!Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.com