- anoneon on Hymns Officially Rejected: “I really appreciated this post and the glimpses you gave us of the process. How would you feel about me sharing lyrics with my ward music people? I would love to bring these to my ward to expand our hearts as we sing familiar tunes with new lyrics. Thanks for sharing. I was uplifted as I sang them in my mind.” May 22, 02:15
- on Ex-Member Anecdotes and Motivated Memories: “REC911, I appreciate your separation of the church from the culture–I think that’s an important distinction that we need to remember. And also, while I agree that some folks have been treated unfairly by local leaders, I think these little quips by Neal A. Maxwell are a good reminder that sometimes we are too easily provoked: “If one has a chip on his or her shoulder, you can’t make it through the foyer, so to speak, without getting it knocked off.” “By the way, let us not, as some do, mistake the chips we have placed on our own shoulders for crosses!” And ironically: “Do not, if you have been offended, recall that while you may have been bumped by an ecclesiastical elbow, the chip was on your shoulder long before the elbow appeared.”” May 21, 21:20
- on Hymns Officially Rejected: “Thanks for sharing this thoughtful and charitable assessment of an arduous process. I had no idea of its complexity, and so your insights are most welcome. I like your hymn lyrics, and I hope you find another venue through which to share them.” May 21, 17:24
- on Hymns Officially Rejected: “I submitted a hymn to the Church Music Festival a few years ago, and it ended up being selected. It is now available on the Church website, and my bishop talked about printing it out and including it with the other new hymns. I think it would be great for stakes to do that for other hymns online, especially if a member of the stake wrote it.” May 21, 14:59
- on Hymns Officially Rejected: “Since the authors whose submissions weren’t selected own all rights, there are still things they can do with their songs. They can perform the song at church as a special musical number or with a ward or stake choir, submit it to publishers of church music, self-publish it, share it online, or record it and share the performance on YouTube or streaming sites. Plus the church music submission contest is still open every year. As for the digital collections, I suspect another likely use case will be holiday songs that don’t make it into the general hymnbook. For the English or U.S. digital supplement, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the pioneer songs end up there.” May 21, 14:41
- on Hymns Officially Rejected: “Dirk, I think you’re spot on. So far, the committee has used language that leaves either option open to them – the hymns they’ve released may or may not end up in the physical hymnbook, while any that are not chosen out of them will be part of the digital hymnal.” May 21, 11:14
- on Hymns Officially Rejected: “DaveW, I think it will be more than 100 that we lose. The 375 includes selections from the children’s songbook (currently 268 songs), hymns (currently 341 songs), and newly added songs (72 to 100). That means we’ll be losing over 300 songs from the combined set in the current hymnal and children’s songbook, about half of what’s in them on average.” May 21, 11:11
- on Hymns Officially Rejected: “Are all of the songs being released digitally actually going to appear in the new hymnal? Releasing them in batches of a dozen or so every few months feels more like focus-grouping them to see which ones get more use — and comments — than an actual preview of the new hymnal. Maybe some of them (most of them?) won’t make the printed volume after all but will be part of the digital supplement(s) that everyone will have access to.” May 21, 11:09
