tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20942227.post5851255731789639000..comments2023-10-14T09:30:09.178-05:00Comments on Nachfolge: When Did You Realize You Were Lutheran?Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00157331552693781962noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20942227.post-57171000517479027752012-07-06T13:00:47.913-05:002012-07-06T13:00:47.913-05:00I was raised LCMS. I moved to New York and next do...I was raised LCMS. I moved to New York and next door to an ELCA church, but couldn't pass by one Lutheran church door to go to another (LCMS) Lutheran church.<br /><br />However the moment I realized I was truly a Lutheran is the moment I stopped worshiping in any Lutheran Church; when I realized that the Evangelical Catholic Church which I knew and loved was on more; when catholic tradition was abandoned for a cranberry book; when the ELCA became Non-Denominational, and LCMS became Baptist.<br /><br />I'm currently a Lutheran worshiping in an Anglo Catholic congregation where I hear more "lutheran music" and Lutheran doctorine preached than I did in my last ten years of worshiping at a Lutheran church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20942227.post-17243312167598037082012-06-01T21:46:31.658-05:002012-06-01T21:46:31.658-05:00I was a church musician from a varied denomination...I was a church musician from a varied denominational background---most recent at that time, an Anabaptist. Being church organist and choir director at this Lutheran congregation was my job after worshiping at my own church with my family. Then, after a year or two of listening and watching, after beginning seminary in Gettysburg in their church music program, one Sunday I got it! The pastor put the bread in my hands, like he had many times before, and said "The body of Christ, given for you." And suddenly I knew, really knew that Christ by grace was really present in my hands, in and through me. The rest is history. O magnum mysterium. Now I am a Lutheran pastor.Elaine Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277699063620071309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20942227.post-54334993947142459052012-06-01T10:41:43.753-05:002012-06-01T10:41:43.753-05:00Pastor Scott,
Raised RC, walked away from "ch...Pastor Scott,<br />Raised RC, walked away from "church" altogether for ~10 years, returned to the Lutheran church, initially because they had the latest worship times on Sunday mornings (meant I didn't have to get up early). I recall very clearly a woman from the Lutheran congregation we joined asking why we chose to come there. At that point, your observation that "its what makes the most sense to me" is the identical response I had. The congregation had a pastor unlike any clergy person I had ever encountered, who was a wonderful role model of lived faith for me, and who opened up a number of perspectives and opportunities for me.<br />Now, on the backside of a seminary education, I am confidently Lutheran, but a different Lutheran than when I was first asked the question. I am grateful for our Lutheran history, even if it does seem we chase our tails in circles in fashions similar to those of our predecessors. I am also grateful for a God who makes me feel like I am useful in service to the gospel.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842866686413191802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20942227.post-8902285508988353922012-05-30T22:10:59.452-05:002012-05-30T22:10:59.452-05:00Well, I'm not Lutheran but United Methodist, b...Well, I'm not Lutheran but United Methodist, but this post was uplifting for me. It's good to hear someone who is settled and confident in his denomination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com