tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post8483723262430065788..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Service or ServicePastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-35726660524867228352010-05-07T07:33:26.889-05:002010-05-07T07:33:26.889-05:00Just wanted to say "hey" to anon. Our o...Just wanted to say "hey" to anon. Our oldest was in the last graduating class of St. Paul's before the old church was destroyed by arson.<br /><br />Sounds like things have come a long way...and not necessarily a good way...since Pastor Schwanz left.Dixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08511317203353075644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-71353765629471868502010-05-06T22:01:07.325-05:002010-05-06T22:01:07.325-05:00Just another way the LCMS seems to be imitating th...Just another way the LCMS seems to be imitating the Baptists (etc.).<br /><br />This is just another manifestation of the same old problem, isn't it? WE are God. WE answer the people's problems with cookies instead of praying for answers from the Almighty. WE serve up the food that gives life, not our Blessed Savior. <br /><br />God must be mightily sick of us.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-16287693260210862672010-05-06T21:12:00.270-05:002010-05-06T21:12:00.270-05:00Hi, Pastor Peters!
A question: May I forward thi...Hi, Pastor Peters!<br /><br />A question: May I forward this to the congregation I serve? <br /><br />Truthfully, if I did this kind of thing in Corpus (because we have a fellowship "church" that does), I'd be shown the door and told, "Don't let it hit you on the way out!"<br /><br />God bless!Rev. Kevin Jenningsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-29592024352155211202010-05-06T08:55:26.589-05:002010-05-06T08:55:26.589-05:00As I posted on Paul's blog, if I were one of t...As I posted on Paul's blog, if I were one of the people who were turned away at the door of this congregation I would not have returned the following Sunday. No, God was not pleased that his children turned away from what he died to give them for this self approbation.Rev. Allen Bergstrazernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-53992345572126141642010-05-05T15:38:13.376-05:002010-05-05T15:38:13.376-05:00Some months back, my wife and I visited an Episcop...Some months back, my wife and I visited an Episcopal parish for the 10 am Mass, arriving about 1 minute late because it is about 30 miles from where we live and we misjudged the distance slightly. We hurried to get in as the first hymn was being sung. The Church was full, and everyone was quite well dressed, a little too well dressed, I though, even for an Episcopal parish. It developed pretty shortly that this was no ordinary Sunday morning Mass, but rather that it was to be a wedding of two aging hippies who apparently belong to the congregation. The bride and groom were allowed to upstage Jesus Christ on Sunday morning! I was simply floored. We left after about 10 minutes as I was not going to be a part of that.Dr.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360786634583725263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-92177769906533345992010-05-05T09:15:50.656-05:002010-05-05T09:15:50.656-05:00I am a member of St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church (LCM...I am a member of St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church (LCMS), Fort Dodge, Iowa. It pains me to tell you that under the "leadership" of our current pastor we have done precisely the same thing on "Labor Day Sunday" for the past several years. I am not sure where he got the idea, but have assumed it was a result of his involvement with PLI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com