tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post8903844660860818637..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Common Bond...Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-14804136182949969252012-11-29T19:12:52.542-06:002012-11-29T19:12:52.542-06:00Too bad Thrivent didn't ask their member what ...Too bad Thrivent didn't ask their member what they thought of the direction Thrivent was taking. They could have learned a lot from them. I'm a member but won't be doing anything more than letting my money just sit (i.e.:no more donations).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-83684112436295501882012-11-29T18:10:59.140-06:002012-11-29T18:10:59.140-06:00Thrivent is already huge -- among the top 10 of fi...Thrivent is already huge -- among the top 10 of financial services companies if it were not a fraternal -- so that makes it all the more greedy to seek to cast off all Lutheran identity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-74526983707158129302012-11-28T09:41:02.834-06:002012-11-28T09:41:02.834-06:00If Lutherans supported Thrivent/AAL/LB (like milit...If Lutherans supported Thrivent/AAL/LB (like military people do business with USAA), if 'most' wealthy Lutherans didn't take their money elsewhere (as small fish Thrivent trying to compete against better big fish competive products) then it could have stayed "for Lutherans"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com