I too will have to read up on this.. but no matter this piece is really well written and open to our own interpretations... well done.. Myrna

I am familiar with "Praise God..." but based on my past experience in churchiness, it appears as if there's feuding in the vestibule. Good writing Dayvid, as it always is.
Cheers,
Dan

I don't get it, but wanted to let u know I stopped by...stay well...e

'Looks like I'm going to have to read up on the Mennonites. I live in Northern Ohio and we have the Amish here in Middlefield. Oh, I love that hymn, "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow" by the way.

Love ya!

Jane

"Worship wars," a series of debates on genre or style, most broadly between "hymns" and "praise music" asks "How do we preserve our identity, and stay relevant from a rural grain farming setting to the "Menno-nots?" Mennonite music scholars in the debate of where Mennonite music studies need to go, and those people that are disenfranchised by the Mennonite church who have a Mennonite identity, but don't know where to put it. The Mennonites outside the church and their creative music. Whatever lies between the color of the covers, Mennonite literature and poetry are symbolic identity. Just like any culture, ethnicity plays into the process, "We're more Mennonite than you" argument because "we do not sing choruses"...diversity of religiosity, Dayvid. Even your culture can't escape it...and mine The Powder River Hymnals? We'll both lose a few wayward souls along the way to greed.

Cornhusk Doll, Hard Cider and ALL Music
Sage

This is over my head. Still, I wanted to comment.