tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post5193147585232923478..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: What a transfiguration!Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-7467861840563859182018-03-25T21:02:29.155-05:002018-03-25T21:02:29.155-05:00Sick.Sick.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05218434053331256206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-44805494662767784142018-03-22T09:03:06.350-05:002018-03-22T09:03:06.350-05:00Is she allowed to call herself the Pope as well, o...Is she allowed to call herself the Pope as well, or would that be too crazy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-17920649768937280662018-03-22T07:26:05.987-05:002018-03-22T07:26:05.987-05:0021 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ wil...21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ Matthew 7:21-23 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-70513387455582895662018-03-22T05:29:11.065-05:002018-03-22T05:29:11.065-05:00They get too much cachet out of using Luther’s nam...They get too much cachet out of using Luther’s name to give their “organization” the veneer of respectability. They can say, “You’v got Luther all wrong. We know the real man and he was all about the freedom of the Christian, diversity and inclusivity.” So, they are using Luther as a prop to do what they want and to “legitimize” their folly in the eyes of the world and to attract the disaffected. The last thing they want to do is be honest enough with themselves to drop the name, “Lutheran” from their sign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-31371999558037674642018-03-21T21:15:26.763-05:002018-03-21T21:15:26.763-05:00At what point will the ELCA leadership find the na...At what point will the ELCA leadership find the name "Lutheran" too confining? They need to rename their church body to something more inclusive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-2184588185117796812018-03-21T10:01:57.740-05:002018-03-21T10:01:57.740-05:00The "E" "L" and "C" ...The "E" "L" and "C" are bogus in the XXXA.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-75896493643727550122018-03-21T08:53:00.802-05:002018-03-21T08:53:00.802-05:00Is this perhaps a desperate effort to eliminate fe...Is this perhaps a desperate effort to eliminate female clergy in the ELCA? Wow!! Who would have imagined that they might do to such lengths!<br /><br />Oh, well, it was a bogus ordination to begin, and it remains bogus even in disguise.<br /><br />Fr.D+Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-84691258467102086152018-03-21T07:55:21.763-05:002018-03-21T07:55:21.763-05:00"...acting in solidarity with those who are h..."...acting in solidarity with those who are homeless, undocumented, or in recovery. We envision a world where all people are fed, brought into community and experience the wideness of God’s compassion."<br /><br />And just how are they going to pay for all this? I guess the curse of practicality hasn’t reached them yet.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-18828089235914513242018-03-21T06:35:22.780-05:002018-03-21T06:35:22.780-05:00It’s celebrated, it’s main-streamed, it’s in your ...It’s celebrated, it’s main-streamed, it’s in your face. God has given them over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com