Comments on: Sermon for Christmas Eve 2009

By: goodnightgram

goodnightgram — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:03:14 +0000

I think you’re right about what what can tell someone to sing or not. People must find the things that buoy them up on their own. Bless you for editng the geo-data from my comment. Bold of me to give myself away, eh? I thought about it and yet, posted anyway. I’m not an excaped convict afterall. But oblique is comfortable at this point in my life. Had some spotlight in time gone by and then cause a TON of unwanted spotlight for others. Perhaps Grandad isn’t the only rogue in the world? (definiton #2, of course, not #1)

By: Ian Poulton

Ian Poulton — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:16:28 +0000

I checked out the Prairie Home Companion archives – it seems a favourite. I think it is a song that people can only sing for themselves. It would not be appropriate for anyone ever to tell someone else that it is a song they should sing; that you should feel able to sing it is a mark of a faith I’m not sure that I would have.

By: Ian Poulton

Ian Poulton — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:46:21 +0000

Hi Gram,

I edited out the geographical reference points on your previous comment – you were in danger of giving yourself away!

By: goodnightgram

goodnightgram — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:30:10 +0000

That particular broadcast with It Is Well With My Soul was recorded in Georgia.

By: goodnightgram

goodnightgram — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:12:19 +0000

. . . and yet you have a link to the rogue on your blog?!!! I’m getting a kick out of that! But I read your comment on my blog about the most BEAUTIFUL rendition of ‘It Is Well with my Soul.’

You hit me over the head with Keillor – that man can sing. I’ll see if I can hunt up an audio online and post a link somewhere. If Horatio Spafford could write that song after loosing four daughters on the ship, then I can sing it after loosing my one and only. I sometimes have to sit at my piano in the middle of the night to remind myself, but in the end, it is always . . . well with my soul!

By: Ian Poulton

Ian Poulton — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:40:23 +0000

I have a good friend Richard O’Connor, whom I meet for coffee from time to time to discuss blogging and other pressing world issues. He says Grandad is a terrible rogue.

By: goodnightgram

goodnightgram — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:37:57 +0000

Aha! As I nearly clicked on Grannymar, I spotted ” Ireland’s most cantankerous auld fella” and went there first . . . because I’m still a blythe spirit!

By: Ian Poulton

Ian Poulton — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:00:32 +0000

Oh, don’t judge me by the way I live! I’m the world’s greatest hypocrite!

By: goodnightgram

goodnightgram — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:52:08 +0000

Ian, I could never judge any cleric by their sermons alone. I would judge them on how they live them out . . . And I’m not too stern either, though I give the state taxpayers an honest and ethical day’s work. I will check out Grannymar as I hop around the blog universe. Thanks for your kind words about my blog. I’ve only just gotten started, mostly for the techo-fun, but have met some interesting peopl on the way as well!

By: Ian Poulton

Ian Poulton — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:03:16 +0000

Hi Gram,

Thank you for your kind words. I think you’re a brave lady. Your blog is very cheerful. I think you would get on with Grannymar, who is on my list of links.

Don’t judge me by my sermons – I’m not nearly so stern!