by Stephen of the Thinkery
St. Thomas the Martyr Anglican Church, in Newcastle upon Tyne recently held a screening of Monty Python's Life of Brian. When this movie was released all the way back in 1979, it was condemned by many members of the Church as blasphemous. The movie can still provoke some measure of condemnation; I certainly had to be careful with my praise of the film whenever I was serving on staff at a church.
What'sespecially great is that the church provided organ accompaniment andsong sheets. It's one thing to show a movie; anyone can do that. Butthis congregation got to sing along - presumably they sang all thelyrics to the songs, the mere mention of which would have ended mytenure as youth pastor at both churches in which I held that position.
