MICHAEL D. WATSON


By George Kegley M


any people delight in pairing wine with fine food.


Others choose wine that nicely complements cheese or chocolate. Members of Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, Reston,


Va., pair it with hymns. “We like to taste wine. We like


to sing hymns. It seemed a natural thing to do,” said Phillip Carl, pas- tor. “When the earliest Christians gathered for their agape feasts, they drank wine and sang songs. Hymns stir the soul through characteristics such as melody, tempo and key. Wine, too, stimulates reflection through qualities such as body, aroma, taste and color. Can a wine complement a hymn in the same way a chardonnay can complement tilapia?” A group of singing oenophiles


Sipping wine & singing hymns


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