tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post2611562889524954484..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Phases of life. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-8547842455799323492020-01-26T12:26:35.765-06:002020-01-26T12:26:35.765-06:00I don't think we can really generalize about b...I don't think we can really generalize about being more liberal in youth, and more conservative as we age. I have been conservative all of my life. In my high school years, we held a mock election of the student's views on the presidential election of Kennedy vs Nixon (1960). I voted for Nixon. A lot of students voted for Kennedy, but most of the girls I spoke too knew nothing about politics and simply preferred Kennedy because he was better looking. In college, I hung out with guys and girls who were fairly conservative and traditional. We avoided the hippies and radical students, whom we saw as just troublemakers looking for attention. My father was a liberal Democrat from his youth to his death at 95. I was a fan of the Republicans and conservatives from early on. I know a lot of people who remained conservative their whole lives, as I am at 75. It is the same with respect to our spiritual lives and worship preferences. We retain traditional values and do not care about being relevant, because we know many of the values today are contrary to the word of God. It is better to be out of synch with society's impetuous wanderings, then to be out of synch with the Lord.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-80046267218432932882020-01-25T07:46:52.470-06:002020-01-25T07:46:52.470-06:00This is a good essay and it captures an essential ...This is a good essay and it captures an essential strength of the Lutheran tradition. In having a confessional approach to the Scriptures with a context of tradition, including the Fathers, it is not unique within the Reformation. It is a distinctly minority view though in these days.David Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966977894876326659noreply@blogger.com