tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6417826093072838591..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: A New Year's Resolution. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-22481794668297339442020-12-30T07:30:34.120-06:002020-12-30T07:30:34.120-06:00The article has a lot of emotional verbiage in it ...The article has a lot of emotional verbiage in it that clouds what exactly is the New Year's resolution.<br /><br /><i>"The Church will be wounded far worse by the continued uncertainty over in person worship than she will be by the efforts of the government to shut us down."</i> <br /><br />The Lutheran question applies here: "What does this mean?"<br /><br />Holding in-person worship services in cities or states where they have been banned? Holding in-person worship services with attendance exceeding limits set by city or state diktats? Holding in-person worship services that include singing and other worship activities that have been prohibited by city or state diktats? <br /><br />Are these the activities that "liturgical congregations" should not be afraid to carry out and should "leave behind the constant second thoughts about whether we did right or contributed to the spread"?Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com