It’s Holy Week, every day filled with ritual and remembrance as Christians everywhere prepare for the Feast of the Resurrection on Sunday. Today is Maunday Thursday, a day that causes me to remember and to reflect. I no longer identify with evangelical, fundamentalist Christianity, but it is my faith of origin and there are things that I do miss from time to time. First and foremost, I miss the music associated with Christianity, and more specifically, the hymns and spiritual songs of my youth and young adulthood. Lots of emotion and feeling and imagery tied up in these songs of faith. I have a collection of hymnals in my possession. I’ve always thought that you could learn so much about a religious group through their selections of spiritual songs and hymns. My own denomination, Church of God , has a rich heritage that is expressed in song. I still know these songs by heart; they were important guides in my own religious education and instruction. Don’t ask me to name a fav...
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