I was a little disappointed with Easter this year. Recently, I have been singing at a local Catholic church as a cantor for a little extra cash (the Catholics pay pretty well), and I did a lot of Easter services this last week:

Now I should pause here and say that my church is a great church, and the service really was encouraging, and I really shouldn't complain.
However, I was hoping for something a little louder, something that was almost overeager. I wanted loud amens. When the deacon said, "Alleluia, He is risen!" I wanted the whole church to resound with "He is risen indeed!" But the choir songs were normal, there wasn't any abberration from the typical Sunday service. We found out that there had been choir practice and Sunday school, and it seemed to me that there were too many people pointedly inquiring about where I was and why I skipped out. The rest of my Easter was enjoyable--good food, good company, swimming in our pool and feeling luxurious. But it's Monday now, and I feel a little deflated in my Easter hopes. Although even as I say that, I know it's a lie. Because even though church wasn't as rousing as I hoped it would be, my Easter hope is fulfilled in the knowledge that Christ is risen. He is risen indeed.
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I know exactly what you mean. We were singing "He's alive, He's alive, Halleluia, He's alive" and I looked down to the floor where people were sitting, and it looked instaed as though we were singing, "He's ok, He's ok, I suppose it's great that he's back, Yeah" Evangelical churches aren't exactly known for their energy or for their upraised hands and resounding praise, but for their performance, and their color coordination.
Must listen to this:
http://music.aol.com/songs/new_releases_full_cds?defaultTab=4
Mae is amazing
oh Christine... you crack me up. I love the color coordination comment. You should add choreographed praise teams to that list.
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