tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post1664460207018064827..comments2024-03-29T09:20:16.581-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Churchly Character and AppearancePastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-65048275719921393002011-06-15T08:58:07.775-05:002011-06-15T08:58:07.775-05:00I'm about ready to head over to church in jean...I'm about ready to head over to church in jeans, boots and underamour polo.<br /><br />I used to wear the collar..and I came across kind of standoffish and more serious than I was.<br /><br />I'm in a town where everybody knows who I am...I'm not rejecting the office, or the gospel or Jesus. I'm in a town where the dr's wear jeans to tell patients that the cancer is terminal. And where the spouse wore jeans to the funeral. I'm in a town where the sheriff is the sheriff with or without his uniform and I'm a pastor with or without the clerical.<br /><br />When I wear jeans and boots during the week among my people, the gospel is as effective as when Peter and Andrew preached on Pentecost wearing fisherman's clothes, and Matthew preached in tax collector garb...and when Simon the Zealot preached in tea party drab.<br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-76054882588906527552011-06-14T00:48:10.683-05:002011-06-14T00:48:10.683-05:00I am not for the "casual" dress that so ...I am not for the "casual" dress that so many use. I am not for seeing people appear in public in ways they would have been ashamed to answer the door when I was younger. I am not for the Adolescence As An Adult Lifestyle that is the invention of my generation, dressing like school kids throughout adult life.<br /><br />I am also completely unimpressed that appearing like RC clergy has anything to offer Lutheranism, and apparently, from the near total disarray of Catholicism these days, it doesn't offer Catholicism much either.Terry Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122266461403246084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-12418260192089404122011-06-13T10:06:52.024-05:002011-06-13T10:06:52.024-05:00Congregations learn a lot from their pastors. How ...Congregations learn a lot from their pastors. How the dress, yes, but also how they speak, how they conduct themselves in church, how they respect those in authority, and even how they manage their household.Christopher Gillespiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665531626315066953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-58825682678902277282011-06-12T22:51:23.501-05:002011-06-12T22:51:23.501-05:00I agree with your column. I'm sad that we'...I agree with your column. I'm sad that we've lost our reverence in and for church, lost respect and become so casual. I think it's a reflection of our society in the U.S. as you see it in all professions......doctors, schools, etc.Alicianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-19244578267745463272011-06-12T15:55:32.236-05:002011-06-12T15:55:32.236-05:00Dear Pastor,
Thanks so much for your thoughts. I c...Dear Pastor,<br />Thanks so much for your thoughts. I can't tell you how much I wish we as a church body could learn that we reveal our respect for our Lord and His service by how we dress. Our men should not dress like they just came from the fields and our women and girls should learn that thighs and cleavage should be covered (all the times but most definetely in God's house).<br />Thanks for listening,<br /><br />SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977465696758179388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-28726464453868219352011-06-12T10:36:22.517-05:002011-06-12T10:36:22.517-05:00I'm not sure if the difference is rebellion or...I'm not sure if the difference is rebellion or shame. We Lutherans are a bit too 'catholic' to suit most Protestants, and maybe trying to de-emphasize this 'catholicity' is what's going on. After all (I'm guessing) the rest of the protestant world is dressing down; having casual services; working different programs; and look at the success they are having! <br /><br />We're protestants, right? So, let's do the Protestant thing. (Of course, they forget that Lutherans were the original Protestants!)Bill S.noreply@blogger.com