tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3705301772427248496..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Sacred Art Museums....Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-48284525497651080092011-10-06T08:43:36.055-05:002011-10-06T08:43:36.055-05:00When confronting a challenge that liturgical churc...When confronting a challenge that liturgical churches are nothing more than sacred art museums, I expect to read a response filled with the absolute truth of God's glorious gifts of the Sacraments found in the Lutheran Church.<br /><br />The angle of comparing contemporary worship services to contemporary art is interesting and worthy of discussion. Contemporary art is indeed built on a fractured foundation of man's wretched sinful nature. However, to dismiss the art industry as a scalawag of scam artists and shock artists is misleading and short-sighted. The contemporary art world offers an incredibly immense, intense and challenging system of theories based on man's creative mind (gift of God) and on man's abhorrent sinful nature. <br /><br />It always brings me great sadness when people are so quick to dismantle contemporary art. I don't have a problem with people being dismissive of art. It's not to be expected for everyone to express interest in all aspects of life and culture, let alone the aforementioned qualities of today's art world. I do request caution upon the dismantling of all contemporary art for the wrong reasons. <br /><br />I greatly enjoy your blog and the enlightened insights offered here. However, this specific post struck a different nerve for me. I wrote this comment two or three weeks ago, but hesitated posting it because I really enjoy your blog and didn't want my first comment to be a scolding. But after reviewing it again, I think it's worth sharing.Erik Maldrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069445625382113969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-39793296246964728402011-09-19T03:24:32.573-05:002011-09-19T03:24:32.573-05:00Bands like Koiné have a place, but that place is n...Bands like Koiné have a place, but that place is not in the chancel obscuring the altar during a Divine Service. If someone wants a rock band to play the Sacred Liturgy and hymns from a transept or balcony . . . I suppose that is more palatable than some things I've seen, but I challenge you to show me where such a scenario is occurring. Actually, I challenge you to show me where such a band plays while the Liturgy is retained at all. <br /><br />When it comes right down to it, I suppose you can have the Liturgy and hymns played to whatever musical or instrumental setting you want, so long as the setting is A) not mimicking the radical sects, B) in line with the tradition and heritage of the Church Catholic, and, most importantly, C) always and only keeping Christ and Him crucified as the central point - which should be the thematic content of whatever is being played - rather than who or what is playing. If these three tenets are not being met, then our worship (in my humble opinion) ceases to be Lutheran.Daniel Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167233773588648850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-29273205977375059792011-09-18T22:20:47.887-05:002011-09-18T22:20:47.887-05:00My husband calls it shooting for the bottom. Some...My husband calls it shooting for the bottom. Some gear the service to the lowest level of thought and emotion. It seems trite and superficial because it is. Or worse, like modern art, abstract and grotesque, aka irrelevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-84816045999226506032011-09-18T15:27:07.063-05:002011-09-18T15:27:07.063-05:00I suppose this question has been answered a thousa...I suppose this question has been answered a thousand times over, but what about the Church's song in modern music, such as the WELS group Koine, or ChoralConcert, or other type of music? Bach used the theatre music of his day, instead of the "church music."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com