First – I whole heartedly agree with your sentiment “nothing wrong with using ‘classical’, but becoming Christian is not becoming a fourth century Byzantine” God knows the indie movement has been afflicted for far too long by this particular problem.

Second – I like your idea of “expansion” – when I first saw your Tweet I was thinking more along the lines of the offering/sacrifices of the community being produced “within” the community – it is one reason for example that I’m a huge supporter of indie folk creating their own liturgical art (and art generally), and even more accessible – baking their own bread for the eucharist (not a problem for us eastern folks – grin – but awkward (?) for many westerners in the movement. So, if we can – within our local communities – devise and produce yet another element of that – i.e. incense – and even share the recipie with other indie folk – all the better.

But – your idea is, I think, even richer – in that not only is it about bringing the local community together to “reclaim” if you will – some of what has been lost in our oh so modern and mass produced world – but to also embody that sense of “eucharist” and “doxology” on a broader scale – taking it “out of the getto” so to speak, and into the World. If I’m understanding you correctly – very cool, very cool indeed.

actually – no. It rained! I was not going to go rummaging in the rain – I’m comitted, but not yet comitt-able! ha ha ha. However, that said I realise now that with my new food dehydrator that it expands my options a bit. Hmmm . . . . once I get my act together on this, and experiment with a few things, I’ll be sure to “report back” he he he.