tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post5188330022298378218..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Another goody. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-18943394190198617482016-09-14T08:18:35.161-05:002016-09-14T08:18:35.161-05:00The laity look to their pastors for leadership. Le...The laity look to their pastors for leadership. Leaders are supposed to learn to accept feedback however, they are not to relinquish their own obligations. If those of us in the pews have to remind our pastors to avoid the latest fashions in ministry and just preach the word of God, then we have a big problem, and the issue goes back to the LCMS itself, and the seminaries. I have found few people in the pews equipped to critique the church. The LCMS must simply go back to the basics and avoid feeding into every new innovation. Not every new idea is a good idea. We cannot resist all change, but we should prioritize things.....preach the word first.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-24127897863059555462016-09-14T07:55:45.981-05:002016-09-14T07:55:45.981-05:00For some history on the activities of the laity in...For some history on the activities of the laity in the Missouri Synod, read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Uncertain-Saints-Church-Missouri-1900-1970-Contributions/dp/0837179637" rel="nofollow"><i>Uncertain Saints: The Laity in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1900-1970</i></a> (Alan Niehaus Graebner, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1975).Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com