tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post8804328416465252586..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The Way You Carry the BookPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-83428551165058990212011-03-18T02:44:08.622-05:002011-03-18T02:44:08.622-05:00I, as a layman have learned to embrace the ceremon...I, as a layman have learned to embrace the ceremonies of which you write, Rev. Peters. <br /><br />That having been said, I am glad to find a congregation where Christ, and Him crucified is the focus of the Service from prelude to postlude. <br /><br />Jack.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186384126211612393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-89127366094448261242011-03-17T23:23:40.300-05:002011-03-17T23:23:40.300-05:00Very well said indeed. At the Morning Prayer serv...Very well said indeed. At the Morning Prayer services I conduct at a local nursing home (I'm a lay leader, not the pastor), I place the Bible on a makeshift altar/table, and read from it rather than the bulletin. Taking the Bible from the altar (no pulpit), and then laying it back down before I start preaching reminds me what a serious task it is to preach God's Word.Jacob Andrewshttp://chiasticsarcast.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-31633985626961297802011-03-17T19:52:01.250-05:002011-03-17T19:52:01.250-05:00Liturgical gymnastics such as
lifting the Bible h...Liturgical gymnastics such as <br />lifting the Bible high or elevating<br />the host to a high level are simply<br />irrelevant to the power of the gospel<br />to touch our hearts.<br /><br />LIFT HIGH THE CROSS is not only a<br />great hymn but a great reminder that<br />Christ crucified and Christ arisen<br />is the focus of our worship service.<br />Christ has already done the heavy<br />lifting on the cross to forgive sin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-43143385242021556892011-03-17T19:43:13.363-05:002011-03-17T19:43:13.363-05:00I like the carrying of the book before the reading...I like the carrying of the book before the reading. In the reading itself, though, it's the Word proclaimed orally that is life-giving and efficacious. (Not that the written Word isn't those things, but the liturgical event is the oral proclamation.) Raising the book after the reading while saying "This is the Word of the Lord" seems to take the focus off that proclamation and imply that Word referred to is the book rather than God's Word being given to the people via the voice of God's servant. I would say it's analogous to the Elevation: it makes sense before the people commune, but less sense afterward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-57355567796751023462011-03-17T13:55:51.444-05:002011-03-17T13:55:51.444-05:00"God's Word is not to us a history textbo..."God's Word is not to us a history textbook or an encyclopedia of knowledge or a disciplinary book of rules but the life-giving Word of God, living and active, infallible and efficacious."<br /><br />Well said.Rev. Allen Bergstrazernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-85507379522513320782011-03-17T11:44:32.549-05:002011-03-17T11:44:32.549-05:00"I carry the lectionary book..upright
and HIG..."I carry the lectionary book..upright<br />and HIGH"<br />I RAISE the host and ELEVATE it"<br />I chant the HIGH notes in liturgy"<br />I wear ELEVATOR shoes in the chancel"<br /><br />Sounds like "HIGH CHURCH" Practices<br />in the no-clerical collar church of<br />Jack and Robert Preus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-64939362001167314822011-03-17T10:20:40.483-05:002011-03-17T10:20:40.483-05:00Here's a newly released ESV Book of the Gospel...Here's a newly released ESV Book of the Gospels, with commissioned artwork (albeit in a very abstract style, which is perhaps not ideal for a book to be used in processions):<br /><br />http://www.crossway.org/bibles/the-four-holy-gospels-1370-fab/<br /><br />If the good folks at CPH would make one of these, and if they would include pointing for chanting the Gospel readings (at least the major ones, where the 3-year and 1-year intersect), that would be fantastic.Hemmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371362875734155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-58489826875400521032011-03-17T09:16:13.967-05:002011-03-17T09:16:13.967-05:00Pastor. You very much resemble the current Pope i...Pastor. You very much resemble the current Pope in your photo. And, I like the hat also. Your reverence for the Word is received with thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-81552867937835680502011-03-17T08:04:08.221-05:002011-03-17T08:04:08.221-05:00I first came into contact with reverence for the B...I first came into contact with reverence for the Book in the Episcopal church. Each Sunday, the minister would walk to the middle of the church with the (yes, it was gold) Scripture raised above his head before the lesson was read.<br /><br />What a shame that the outward symbol has been emptied by the fact there is no real belief (at least in that particular body) the Word does what it says. <br /><br />Thank you, Fr. Peters for this act of true reverence every Sunday. Thank you for having the congregation stand for the Gospel reading. I have been in Baptist churches that stand for the reading of God's Word. It's NOT the same thing.<br /><br />May this honor of our Christ and His Word never be emptied. This includes the Sacrament of the Table. It is not Roman to raise the host.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-87152310676104794472011-03-17T08:02:58.761-05:002011-03-17T08:02:58.761-05:00Nicely written. Thank you.Nicely written. Thank you.Michael Paul 白霈德牧師https://www.blogger.com/profile/15929053729867491255noreply@blogger.com