tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post7268862837727771182..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: I bet there are young Lutherans who want this, too.Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-9806648454384414742013-01-19T21:10:07.275-06:002013-01-19T21:10:07.275-06:00If the Unwrapped Campus Ministry Conference attrac...If the Unwrapped Campus Ministry Conference attracted 400+, how many more will it attract next year?<br /><br />i know that we are not privy to the attendance figures and statistics, but how will we know when confessional initiatives such as HIgher Things, Christ on Campus, and Unwrapped are deemed a success in drawing more people into Lutheranism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-5521904217193226592013-01-19T20:57:57.541-06:002013-01-19T20:57:57.541-06:00I often walk out of a contemporary service at an L...I often walk out of a contemporary service at an LCMS church with the feeling that I have not even attended a worship service.<br /><br />Sadly, the LCMS district presidents cannot tolerate traditional worship and are working overtime to stamp it out.<br /><br />Pastor Peters: Even if increasing numbers of LCMS pastors who graduate seminary see the errors of Rick Warren and Bill Hybels, how can they convince their congregations to return to traditional Lutheranism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-2386371750761420492013-01-19T00:04:44.905-06:002013-01-19T00:04:44.905-06:00I'm 23 and I agree with Dave and with this pos...I'm 23 and I agree with Dave and with this post. I'm tired of the Me focused services and songs. I love the Christocentric focus of the Liturgy. I love the deep theology in our hymns. I love the Lutheran identity and history. There are plenty of others like me. Just ask the 400+ people who attended the Unwrapped Campus Ministry Conference this month!Blanca Fhttp://inhimthereisnoshadowofturning.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-17113313226701890002013-01-18T19:09:44.003-06:002013-01-18T19:09:44.003-06:00As a 22 year old: Amen. I crave the moments of sil...As a 22 year old: Amen. I crave the moments of silence and reflection that church and the Divine Service can provide. Too often, however, we fill our churches with noise and rush through the service at the expense of mediation and silent prayer.Robhttp://southernlutheranreview.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-58360399123194754492013-01-18T11:31:37.746-06:002013-01-18T11:31:37.746-06:00The fruit doesn't fall so far from the tree. ...The fruit doesn't fall so far from the tree. How many DCE's have ten children, or even five? The people who love pop culture average fewer children. Now that enough time has passed for the trends to bear fruit, well whaddya know, those traditional people with more children on average filled the church with their kids and those who had fewer, well they didn't fill the pews with their kids. I am talking about averages. There are traditional people with no children and super duper pop culture lovers that have a bunch of kids. But the trend is lovers of the world's fun stuff average fewer kids than the traditional types.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-59665984099038451252013-01-18T07:53:57.780-06:002013-01-18T07:53:57.780-06:00Another argument for the benefit of our (baby boom...Another argument for the benefit of our (baby boomer's) dying off.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.com