{"id":27741,"date":"2019-10-30T21:22:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T01:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=27741"},"modified":"2019-10-30T21:22:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T01:22:05","slug":"how-to-write-lgbtq-hymns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/how-to-write-lgbtq-hymns\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write LGBTQ hymns"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve always wanted to do that, Dr. Lydia Pedersen will teach you how in her workshop on hymn writing. If, like me, you think having a root canal without freezing is more appealing, read no further<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Lydia Pedersen, a United Church member and a church musician for more than 50 years, is offering a workshop on \u00a0hymn writing. Anyone can attend and no experience is necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people think that writing a hymn is a terribly esoteric thing to do and only clergy ever think of doing it, but I want to debunk that myth by showing that regular people can do it, too,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Ms. Pedersen, who teaches hymn writing to seminary students at Emmanuel College in Toronto, says people want to write hymns for all sorts of different reasons. Some simply want to express their love of God, while others want to mark special occasions or use language and imagery that are more relevant to their context.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings are changing in society,\u201d she explains. \u201cWe need hymns for the LGBTQ community. We need hymns about the ecological crisis. Things that we didn\u2019t worry about thirty years ago have become crucial issues, and people need to sing about them in church.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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