The Random Thoughts of a Lutheran Parish Pastor
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was taking a picture. The phone was a little too upright for texting comfort. Maybe that's what's going on during your sermons. Everyone just wants to remember the experience by snapping a few photos. :-)
Students text during class, people text during Liturgy, people text during concerts, people text while driving, people text while getting a blessing from the pope, etc. People are people. They are so self-consumed that it will require a massive change of heart and letting go of their own ego to stop.
But nothing was less sly than this attempt to snap a photo of Lionel Messi.
A symptom of our inability to concentrate on 'non-excitement.'Fr. Peters, at least your sermons are in a language your congregants know, and being Lutheran, you have something True to say!
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was taking a picture. The phone was a little too upright for texting comfort. Maybe that's what's going on during your sermons. Everyone just wants to remember the experience by snapping a few photos. :-)
ReplyDeleteStudents text during class, people text during Liturgy, people text during concerts, people text while driving, people text while getting a blessing from the pope, etc. People are people. They are so self-consumed that it will require a massive change of heart and letting go of their own ego to stop.
ReplyDeleteBut nothing was less sly than this attempt to snap a photo of Lionel Messi.
ReplyDeleteA symptom of our inability to concentrate on 'non-excitement.'
ReplyDeleteFr. Peters, at least your sermons are in a language your congregants know, and being Lutheran, you have something True to say!