Monday, May 6, 2013

Megan Rohrer's Beatles Mass - Is It Worse Than the WELS Polka Mass?
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Megan Rohrer


Megan Rohrer bio: 

Megan Rohrer Megan Rohrer is a nationally recognized LGBTQ faith leader, historian, writer, homeless advocate, community organizer and speaker. The first openly transgender pastor ordained in the Lutheran church, Megan was awarded an honorary doctorate from Palo Alto University, won Out History's Since Stonewall Local Histories Competition and co-edited Letters For Our Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect, which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in transgender nonfiction.


Megan Rohrer 4 months ago
Thanks for all your comments. Luther took secular tunes sung in pubs and changed the words to fit Christian themes. Your shock and noting that I would be lynched in another time surprises me. People have been using Beatles tunes in masses since the 60's. There has long been theological differences between ELCA Lutherans and Missouri/Wisconsonites, perhaps that is your beef. The words are standard theology. Blessings to you all. God is so much bigger than a video on you tube! Blessed be!

Erich Erving 2 months ago
Megan,
Please do some more critical investigation of Luther and his hymns:
“Of the melodies to Luther’s 37 chorales, 15 were composed by Luther
himself, 13 came from Latin hymns of Latin service music, 4 were derived
from German religious folk songs, 2 had originally been religious
pilgrims’ songs, 2 are of unknown origin, and one came directly from a
secular folk song.” (Data compiled from Squire, pp. 446-447; Leupold, ed., 
Liturgy and Hymns; and Strodach, ed., Works of Martin Luther, VI)

[GJ - Ulrich Leupold was my liturgy professor at Waterloo. He earned a PhD in his field in Berlin at the age of 23.]

Megan's ordination was a little unusual.
He seems to work at two small congregations.

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