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Summary: LBW Still Is Good
Review: Although the LBW is now 28 years old, it still is one of the better hymnal/liturgical collections available. Especially wonderful is its Vespers liturgy--in it the music and the words find perfect synthesis.
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Summary: It's a Worship Hymnal, What Do You Expect?
Review: I am finally ordering my own copy of the LBW after nearly 30 years because I want to have the lyrics and music for some of my favorite hymns. As for the guy who said the book should be rewritten...Are you going to help pay for the hymnals for all those churches? And since when are Lutherans all that hip anyway (I was born Lutheran and quite active in my church)? If you're looking for an exciting worship book, look for something more contemporary. The LBW was written in 1978 and is not updated very often because it is a launching point, not the endpoint for worship. Most Lutheran churches use their own personal supplements anyway to fit their congregations - and even nearly 25 years after the LBW was printed it is still a very valuable reference (for the wedding and burial and baptismal services, for example). I think this book is good for what it is - a book containing hymns and service material.
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Summary: Time for a REVISED & UPDATED Lutheran Book of Worship
Review: I think the ELCA/LCMS need to hire an exceptional poet and sit down with a few creative pastors and re-write some of the liturgy. Some of the basic regularly-used liturgy is good. However, the majority of it is extremely dry for today's church goers (Hence the increasing popularity of non-denominational highly-musical "fun churches" and the decline in membership to liturgical/ceremonial denominational churches). This worship book was published in 1978. It's about 6 years overdue for a major revision. Yes, it would cost a lot for all those churches to convert to a new hymnal. Then again, it probably cost a lot when they moved from the 1958 "red hymnal" to the current 1978 "green hymnal". Though that didn't stop them from converting back then. How about a 2004 "blue hymnal" where they could incorporate some of the more popular hymns and liturgy from hymnal add-ons like "With One Voice". They could then delete some of the less popular hymns from the old (current) Lutheran Book of Worship. Honestly, do we really need two, three, or more different books in the pew? Let's consolidate those add-ons into one awesome new Lutheran Book of Worship.
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Summary: Former Evangelical
Review: We can't rewrite this book! I just became a Lutheran after leaving a nondenominational evangelical church! Pop-Christianity gets old, anyway, no matter how new it stays.
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Summary: This book is great!
Review: You should read and sing through this book! The arrangements of the hymns are great! The litergy is lovely! I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to sing their heart out...
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