tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post4192241872103844408..comments2023-05-25T09:14:35.702+01:00Comments on The Vernacular Vicar: Circles and Straight LinesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-18017263486729954162012-09-21T16:01:13.429+01:002012-09-21T16:01:13.429+01:00and a week on I found my very English husband clap...and a week on I found my very English husband clapping at new church. Now that is a first!Shonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687914247368368360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-68866575913723084792012-09-14T19:43:37.414+01:002012-09-14T19:43:37.414+01:00Do you have electricity in your church then, fathe...Do you have electricity in your church then, father?Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102799923678550905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-57901822090647364812012-09-14T18:32:33.863+01:002012-09-14T18:32:33.863+01:00It was in an evangelical charismatic meeting that ...It was in an evangelical charismatic meeting that I first plucked up the courage to cross myself which was definitely not my tradition. It needed courage because I got some funny looks and people worried if I was really 'sound' after all. (Hands raised OK. Making sign of cross not OK.) I do it a lot now. I think you are right about the circle and different ends of the spectrum being closer than we sometimes think. I'm a bit of a chameleon and enjoy a great variety of worship as long as the 'just'word count doesn't get too high in prayers or the smoke isn't thick enough to make me cough.Nancy Wallacehttp://nancysblog-seeker.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-7116837180702062752012-09-14T18:12:29.885+01:002012-09-14T18:12:29.885+01:00I must admit that I did notice I was the only one ...I must admit that I did notice I was the only one at the new church we tried last week that crossed myself. However is was the first time that I did not feel out of step or odd, neither did I feel uncomfortable with the people in front of me throwing their arms aloft when singing or the general praying aloud during the prayers of the people.<br /><br />I think I am growing, I enjoyed the differances!Shonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687914247368368360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-59943798126538939772012-09-14T16:03:20.659+01:002012-09-14T16:03:20.659+01:00I think that you are right about this. We all have...I think that you are right about this. We all have our comfort zones in worship or traditions, but in the end, we are in one business, the worship of the one God.<br /><br />I have been to all sorts of church from Roman Catholic to Anglican Cathedral and somehow the differences don't matter when you are all joining in doing the same thing. Which is why I don't really worry about physical unity of Churches, just knowing that we are united in the one God and our Worship of him. The circle isn't squared and probably never will be.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com