tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post8324174455419098383..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Don't You Just Hate It When...Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-58870078710610358372011-01-22T21:32:54.359-06:002011-01-22T21:32:54.359-06:00.......and in Venezuela snakes (both poisonous and..........and in Venezuela snakes (both poisonous and non-p types used to wrap themselves around the stones of the altar......makes for interesting eye (or lip) contact as one kneels to kiss the altar!!Pr, Michael Brcokmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-79574656587552922712011-01-20T15:42:47.393-06:002011-01-20T15:42:47.393-06:00Glad it wasn't a church bat.
A few years ago...Glad it wasn't a church bat. <br /><br />A few years ago I was doing some pulpit supply at a church in Wisconsin, and for some reason a bunch of Yellow Jackets were stirred up enough to make several laps around the nave and chancel. Having been stung by once, I appreciated the congregation's willingess to stay in their pews--sort of.Rev. Allen Bergstrazernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-73592350109252668592011-01-18T15:42:31.035-06:002011-01-18T15:42:31.035-06:00Fr. Peters,
Good thing you're not Buddhist!
...Fr. Peters,<br /><br />Good thing you're not Buddhist!<br /><br />The bug had evidently been present for confession and absolution, so we can assume she was ready....<br /><br />I didn't see or know about the bug, but did wonder what happened during the gloria as you don't usually have trouble.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-79802748185518324352011-01-18T14:39:45.432-06:002011-01-18T14:39:45.432-06:00Think of it this way: just a little more protein....Think of it this way: just a little more protein. That's what I'd tell the visitors to the wardroom whenever we got FFV from foreign sources with, ahem, foreign critters in them.Rev. Kevin Jenningsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-31911476936385700182011-01-18T10:47:50.409-06:002011-01-18T10:47:50.409-06:00Pastors of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession get t...Pastors of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession get to kiss the Altar AND their wives! How cool is that? I also am blessed to do both. Great illustration for the need to wash your hands before handling the elements:)Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350908137437557142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-81238649731528885732011-01-18T08:22:29.239-06:002011-01-18T08:22:29.239-06:00Roman Catholic Priests kiss the
altar, while Luthe...Roman Catholic Priests kiss the<br />altar, while Lutheran Pastors kiss<br />their wife. Big Difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-82987863531328147292011-01-18T06:53:02.513-06:002011-01-18T06:53:02.513-06:00Sometimes you feel like a bug, sometimes you don&#...Sometimes you feel like a bug, sometimes you don't?<br /><br />And I generally fast - but when I flick bugs away, I generally have my mouth closed in a grimace of terror. I don't like bugs.Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-14484393942102645292011-01-18T05:44:37.442-06:002011-01-18T05:44:37.442-06:00Sorry to turn the discussion to theology, but . . ...Sorry to turn the discussion to theology, but . . . I remember hearing a similar story from an ex-Catholic acolyte a few months ago on NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me." Unfortunately, the author got scared he had committed a mortal sin, and then wondered "what kind of a God punishes someone with damnation for an accident?" This was his reason for leaving the church.<br /><br />I suspect there were other reasons for leaving the church, and this was a good excuse, and a good story to tell on national radio, but still. <br /><br />Thank heavens Lutherans don't believe in mortal sin. Rather, thank heavens Lutherans don't believe in mortal sin that has not been washed away by Christ.Matt Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-91992493379429878532011-01-17T21:29:27.045-06:002011-01-17T21:29:27.045-06:00Marlene,
PRICELESS. I had an acolyte once who ha...Marlene,<br /><br />PRICELESS. I had an acolyte once who had a similar experience with a mouse playing around the base of the pulpit - her eyes were huge. Fortunately the mouse made its exit without meeting the inside of an LSB...William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-91487598911775643262011-01-17T21:23:18.557-06:002011-01-17T21:23:18.557-06:00A bug, or rather spider, story from the pew. Durin...A bug, or rather spider, story from the pew. During a sermon on a summer Sunday my family and I noticed a HUGE spider descending from the vaulted ceiling. We watched as the spider came down..stopped..waited and with a new supply of web silk..dropped again...there was pointing and looking and watching, all while the sermon was being preached...the people around soon noticed the spider too...IT WAS HUGE...it was headed for an 80 year old woman's shoulder...it dropped again and again...by the end of the sermon it was almost upon her...what to do, what to do?...I took my bulletin and placed it in the center of my open LSB...when invited to rise for the creed, the spider was in just the right place...I rose, positioned the LSB under the spider...and closed the hymnal...HUGE SPIDER gone...bulletin ruined...silent applause from the last 3 pews...older woman had no idea there was even a spider..God is good.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08902545914497080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-2939055980942605692011-01-17T21:01:47.262-06:002011-01-17T21:01:47.262-06:00Don't know how many do, but I do both. Got a ...Don't know how many do, but I do both. Got a problem with either?William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-67486229821465024252011-01-17T20:52:55.289-06:002011-01-17T20:52:55.289-06:00How many Lutheran clergy kiss the
altar? How many...How many Lutheran clergy kiss the<br />altar? How many Lutheran clergy<br />fast before the Sacrament? It was<br />Luther who said: " Fasting is indeed<br />a fine outward training, but he is<br />truly PREPARED who has faith in these<br />words "Given and shed for you for the<br />forgiveness of sins."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-9380329818404114012011-01-17T19:53:25.554-06:002011-01-17T19:53:25.554-06:00AWESOME!AWESOME!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-82482664176565770872011-01-17T19:34:11.812-06:002011-01-17T19:34:11.812-06:00Be jealous for the bug, who got a wine chaser seve...Be jealous for the bug, who got a wine chaser several times in volume to the bug! :)Dan at Necessary Roughnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449576018918167898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-42865241439379509162011-01-17T19:09:18.852-06:002011-01-17T19:09:18.852-06:00Too funny! :)
I've had a few battles with bug...Too funny! :)<br /><br />I've had a few battles with bugs at the altar, but have never had one make its way into my mouth. That's classic!Rev. Thomas C. Messer, SSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13740553600700598394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-71278263205590007602011-01-17T19:06:22.442-06:002011-01-17T19:06:22.442-06:00Priceless!Priceless!Fr. Art Hebbelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848691316088310109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-4224604100230950962011-01-17T18:59:27.565-06:002011-01-17T18:59:27.565-06:00Wow! That is so funny - and I hope it never happen...Wow! That is so funny - and I hope it never happens again! I was thinking about the squeamish issue - apparently you are not!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503743050696171950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-64766982841016394102011-01-17T18:45:51.212-06:002011-01-17T18:45:51.212-06:00ROTFLOL! That will learn you for giving the poor ...ROTFLOL! That will learn you for giving the poor bug the finger.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.com