Pensioners are up in arms over a new church hymn book which they claim is too heavy to hold.
The latest Church of Scotland hymnary has caused such a stir that even some ministers have questioned the decision to make it a more weighty tome.
The new book, called CH4, contains 130 more items – songs, psalms and canticles – than the previous version.
But the church’s senior citizens are complaining that it is just too much of a strain to hold for an hour-long Sunday morning service. The issue has even dominated the letters page of the latest issue of the Church of Scotland magazine, Life and Work.
The Scotsman has the full story.
Why not split it into two volumes?
Having two smaller books would solve this problem. You might also be able to increase the font size so that each volume would be easier to read, which would probably make the books approximately the same size as the original. Everybody wins.
speed read
When I first glanced at this item, I misread pensioners. I thought it said “prisoners”. This made me wonder, at the end of the blurb, what seniors had to do with anything. Granted I also wondered why prisoners would be complaining about the size of hymnal…but this IS a weird world we live in.
I must learn to read more slowly.
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Easy solution
“Sooo… don’t go to church then!” the Dragon said with his tongue firmly in his cheek.
That’s the benefit of being Pagan, especially a solitary. I don’t have to leave the house for some day of worship.
The last Pagan religious get-together I went to, they played Loreena McKennitt. I have to tell you, that’s far more beautiful music than your average hymnal.