tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post4442866920457735733..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: The Second Monday in LambethElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-4800557697383811902008-07-28T19:15:00.000-04:002008-07-28T19:15:00.000-04:00It's unfortunate that we're still debating this mo...It's unfortunate that we're still debating this more than 30 years later, but sadly there's a faction in the church that wants to dismiss inclusive and expansive language as a passing fad. That's where "jokes" about the "inclusive language police" come from. <BR/><BR/>Naturally, it's in their best interests to encourage that viewpoint, that all those hippie radicals that wanted to change the language back in the 70s really don't care that much about it anymore. Maybe not all of us were around in the 70s, but it IS still an important concept to promote, even if it sometimes seems to be losing ground. <BR/><BR/>I was pleased to note that at the recent annual conference of the Hymn Society, most everyone seemed to have a "well, of course" attitude to adapting the language we sing in worship, though I am sure there are some silent holdouts.<BR/><BR/>At my hymn blog, I inclusify everything, to the occasional bewilderment of my few commenters, but I'm pretty much flying under the radar and haven't promoted the blog where lots of people with differing viewpoints would see it and feel compelled to respond.C.W.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04745714524175357522noreply@blogger.com