Easter at Norwich Cathedral
This morning Veronica, her father Kelly, and I went to the Easter service at Norwich cathedral. This was my first time attending an Anglican church service, as well as a service in a cathedral. While I am not a Christian, I can appreciate the history behind the pomp and circumstance of this kind of church service. Despite my own Religious/Spiritual beliefs, I did enjoy parts of the service. I enjoyed the music greatly. How could you not enjoy Handel's [1] Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah in a 12th century cathedral? I didn't, however, sing along to the words. It just didn't feel right to sing words that I don't believe, so I just hummed along to the music. Because of my not being a Christian, I decided to go into this experience from an anthropological and historical perspective. I didn't want to automatically go into this from a place of judgement about anything I might hear. I wanted to keep an open mind. And I think I did....