Sunday, July 28, 2013

I Would Not, Could Not, in a Church

Theodor Seuss Geisel was, I am told, a lifelong member of a LCMS parish in Springfield, Massachusetts.

This, of course, was perpetrated in an Anglican parish.

4 comments:

AAK said...

Not very far off from Trinity Church's "clown Eucharist."

http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/news/articles/trinitys-clown-eucharist-a-companion-resources-page

Anonymous said...

Not the first time! It was done a few years ago in Pittsburgh. It joins other bizarre-charists like the Pirate-charist, and clown-charist. We had a priest do a 2 minute "PDQ-charist." You can google the video of it. Not nearly as bad, but it left the passing college students looking befuddled. I blogged on this a few months ago with suggestions (tongue in cheek) for other thoughtful and creative liturgists: http://thegospelside.com/2013/01/21/clergy-gone-wild-clowning-around-with-communion/

C. Wingate said...

So many horror movies and the like have changed clowns from figures of fun and silliness into ominous and threatening creatures that I have to think the whole clown mass trope has been hopelessly subverted anyway.

The Hackney Hub said...

Sad that this is what has become of Cranmer's once beautiful and biblical liturgy..