MacMillan, Sir James Loy (born 1959)

[oddoneout]

I didn't know that! I have wondered about the modern replacement of the King James version of The Lord's Prayer which really needed no "modernisation". The cynic in me suggests that the shortened version had to fulfill modern-day productive values by declaring all surplus to requirements redundant! Or surplice to requirements!

'S about inclusivity innit? No-one talks like that so the word of God is being denied through incomprehension, and the rhythms of the verses that give many of us pleasure(even if we don't subscribe to the views and beliefs expressed*) don't resonate with modern audiences. I don't like the hands-on approach to worship, preferring my own thoughts and feelings to those of some bouncy 'found Jesus' stranger.(see below)

* I don't but there is much that nonetheless satisfies my emotional needs, and being able to contribute positively, through music and participation, to the experience of those to whom such aspects do matter is I think a privilege, which can be very moving.