Is the Book of Common Prayer too wordy?
A friend who is an Episcopalian suggested that the Book of
Common Prayer (the 1979 edition, which he has used for 30 years) is too wordy. He
wondered if the Episcopal Church overloads people with too many words, too much
spirituality.
What do you think?
The length of Episcopal services compares very unfavorably with
the length of Tweets. Twitter accounts are now much more popular than are blogs,
in part because Tweets are so much briefer.
Our culture is moving towards more video and more images, away
from words.
Where in the Book of Common Prayer, now being considered for
a possible revision, would you suggest cutting words? Where might images become
a regular element of Episcopalian worship and services?
I look forward to your thoughts and comments.
Comments
Donald Trump uses Twitter. I don't.
I use the BCP. I doubt that Donald Trump does.