tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post113850577592098832..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: Street CredUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1139709289743321392006-02-11T17:54:00.000-08:002006-02-11T17:54:00.000-08:00Anonymous: LOL! I'm not sure what you've heard ab...Anonymous: LOL! I'm not sure what you've heard about Lutheranism...why would you think that we wouldn't be "allowed" to read Henri Nouwen????? I mean...I'm quite flummoxed. Nouwen is one of my favorite Christian writers, and I think one of our great contemporary saints; I'd also venture a guess that he's a great favorite of pastors and literate laypeople alike. (My own pastor had Henri Nouwen for a prof back when he was in Yale Divinity School.)<BR/><BR/>I'd encourage you to learn a bit more about Lutheranism; I think you're getting some misinformation about who we are and what we do. If you're referring to Lutheran-Roman Catholic frictions in the past, I'd note our recent Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, the new pope's positive words regarding Lutherans and good relationship with the ELCA presiding bishop, and the multitude of cooperative worship, education and service activities that individual ELCA and RCC parishes undertake. In my area, members of the local ELCA, ECUSA and RCC parishes recently embarked on a covenantal relationship that is to include ongoing cooperative worship, fellowship and education.LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1139708731664834012006-02-11T17:45:00.000-08:002006-02-11T17:45:00.000-08:00To move from closed hands to open hands is impossi...To move from closed hands to open hands is impossible apart from the Holy Spirit. I'm not sure if your Lutheran culture and outlook allows you to read Henri Nouwen, however this particular column echoes of his need and desire to live as you have written in your column. Thanks for your kind words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1138590235140846282006-01-29T19:03:00.000-08:002006-01-29T19:03:00.000-08:00The people at Capernaum were in awe of Jesus not b...The people at Capernaum were in awe of Jesus not because of his teaching (which was probably right on) but because his actions demonstrated that he was one who acted with the power and authority of God. His actions spoke loud and clear.<BR/><BR/>Proclamation when done well is felt, seen, heard, tasted and maybe even smelled. It's word and deed. And when our words and our actions aren't in synch, we need to confess, repent and renew ourselves to the doing of ministry. Which is why Luther was into all that daily remembrance of our baptism. We need to be reminded every day of our calling to live the love of Christ in word and deed. Not a day goes by that we don't drop the ball. It's our nature. But we are also capable of great acts of grace and justice and forgiveness. The church is a broken tool made up of broken people- but God finds ways to make it work.<BR/><BR/>And by the by... let's not knock suburbia too hard.<BR/><BR/>I volunteered in a homeless shelter for ten years before recently moving. The people I worked with lived in the suburbs. The people who provided the food and cooked it were from the burbs. <BR/><BR/>And the people who came to the local food pantry were often folks from the suburbs who were newly out of work and just one paycheck away from being in a shelter.RevHRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16487849573949444379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1138528252785254142006-01-29T01:50:00.000-08:002006-01-29T01:50:00.000-08:00That makes me feel very nervous! Especially as I...That makes me feel very nervous! Especially as I have been asked to revise and rewrite a book I wrote some years ago, so that a new edition can be published!<BR/><BR/>Its about hearing God!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com