tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6914162443680440195..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: I do not say it often enough...Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-66524645007222700112012-10-23T07:57:50.792-05:002012-10-23T07:57:50.792-05:00Though I am firmly Lutheran now I was raised in a ...Though I am firmly Lutheran now I was raised in a Baptist Church. I was also baptized at a young age and I can assure you that I understood fully what I was doing. Baptism has always been important to me. <br />We have to be very careful when we single out another group as not all teach the same (just as in the Lutheran church). There are many break offs. My grandmother showed God to me more than any other person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-75838446090019489402012-10-22T06:57:19.526-05:002012-10-22T06:57:19.526-05:00A hymn I have come to love.
I was not baptized ...A hymn I have come to love. <br /><br />I was not baptized till age seven in the Baptist church. Since my husband and I have been brought to Lutheranism, our baptisms really mean something. No longer events to be recorded. Not our "public identification" with Christ after conversion. Our entry into Christ's Kingdom, even though we were not aware of it, any more than an infant is.<br /><br />How blessed we are that our God and Savior Jesus Christ baptized us into Himself! We gladly say it!Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-34769689437996930792012-10-19T23:24:04.726-05:002012-10-19T23:24:04.726-05:00Here's another recording of "God's ow...<a href="http://stjohnseward.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Gods-Own-Child-I-Gladly-Say-It.mp3" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> another recording of "God's own child, I gladly say it," made yesterday, October 18, during a service at St. John in Seward, Nebraska. The organist is Paul Soulek, the church's music director.Joe Herlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-36961398865515264492012-10-19T17:12:08.491-05:002012-10-19T17:12:08.491-05:00We have families getting up and moving around DURI...We have families getting up and moving around DURING the baptism to get just the right pictures or videos. To maintain the sanctity of this sacrament, I think this distraction is just wrong but when I mentioned it to our pastors, I got brushed off. So it continues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-83803042551421609292012-10-19T12:06:53.335-05:002012-10-19T12:06:53.335-05:00What do you think of the trend among our churches ...What do you think of the trend among our churches of having baptisms after the service, or even on a Saturday afternoon?<br /><br />MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-46373562253038486702012-10-19T11:21:31.499-05:002012-10-19T11:21:31.499-05:00Thank you for sharing your comments and the hymn &...Thank you for sharing your comments and the hymn "God's Own Child I Gladly Say It" today. A reminder that I am baptized into Christ to be claimed and protected as God's own child brings baptism from a long distant event to a gift from God for assurance and protection all of the days I am granted in this world. I keep this hymn text on a bookmark in my Bible as a reminder of God's grace to us. Mark Beitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04986820794050057496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-72871722091757820802012-10-19T09:55:13.222-05:002012-10-19T09:55:13.222-05:00Love that hymn. Heard you on Issues Etc. a couple ...Love that hymn. Heard you on Issues Etc. a couple of days ago and really enjoyed what you had to say.evchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17746752973017622404noreply@blogger.com