Comments for The Albino Peacock http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com CAUTION: CONFESSIONAL LUTHERAN CROSSING Sat, 17 May 2008 16:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Happy by Orycteropus Afer http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/happy/#comment-47 Orycteropus Afer Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:02:29 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/happy/#comment-47 Are you coming back? We miss you. Are you coming back? We miss you.

]]> Comment on Happy by The Rebellious Pastor's Wife http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/happy/#comment-24 The Rebellious Pastor's Wife Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:48:30 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/happy/#comment-24 Amen! Amen!

]]> Comment on Cowboy Church by Liz http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/cowboy-church/#comment-18 Liz Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:38:16 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/cowboy-church/#comment-18 You know, my in-laws are ranchers out west. At their church, you wear your Sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes with your Sunday-go-to-meetin' cowboy hat (yup, there's a special hat). And you go to church in either the pickup truck or the family car. You don't bring your horse anymore and even if you would ride your horse, the horse stays OUTSIDE. Oh, and the Sunday-go-to-meetin' hat comes off upon entering the church building. You know, my in-laws are ranchers out west. At their church, you wear your Sunday-go-to-meetin’ clothes with your Sunday-go-to-meetin’ cowboy hat (yup, there’s a special hat). And you go to church in either the pickup truck or the family car. You don’t bring your horse anymore and even if you would ride your horse, the horse stays OUTSIDE. Oh, and the Sunday-go-to-meetin’ hat comes off upon entering the church building.

]]> Comment on Feeling the Spirit? by Cowboy Church « The Albino Peacock http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/feeling-the-spirit/#comment-17 Cowboy Church « The Albino Peacock Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:54:42 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/feeling-the-spirit/#comment-17 [...] For more on that topic please read my post entitled Feeling the Spirit? [...] [...] For more on that topic please read my post entitled Feeling the Spirit? [...]

]]> Comment on Why the Albino Peacock? by the peacock http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/why-the-albino-peacock/#comment-16 the peacock Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:26:35 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/why-the-albino-peacock/#comment-16 I'm CERTAIN that *I* don't fit the mold ~ most usually, that is... I get cranky too and then I feel sorry for my husband and then I have a Baptist Moment, which is something I will write about very soon. I PROMISE! I’m CERTAIN that *I* don’t fit the mold ~ most usually, that is… I get cranky too and then I feel sorry for my husband and then I have a Baptist Moment, which is something I will write about very soon. I PROMISE!

]]> Comment on Why the Albino Peacock? by The Rebellious Pastor's Wife http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/why-the-albino-peacock/#comment-15 The Rebellious Pastor's Wife Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:07:52 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/why-the-albino-peacock/#comment-15 Yes it most definitely is an adventure. I don't know if we are allowed to be cranky, so somedays, I just stay home...but there are times I don't know how to be anything else but cranky. not most of the time...but I don't think I ever fit the mold.... :) Yes it most definitely is an adventure.

I don’t know if we are allowed to be cranky, so somedays, I just stay home…but there are times I don’t know how to be anything else but cranky. not most of the time…but I don’t think I ever fit the mold…. :)

]]> Comment on Why the Albino Peacock? by The Rebellious Pastor's Wife http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/why-the-albino-peacock/#comment-14 The Rebellious Pastor's Wife Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:07:34 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/why-the-albino-peacock/#comment-14 Yes it most definitely is an adventure. I don't know if we are allowed to be cranky, so somedays, I just stay home...but there are times I don't know how to be anything else but cranky. Yes it most definitely is an adventure.

I don’t know if we are allowed to be cranky, so somedays, I just stay home…but there are times I don’t know how to be anything else but cranky.

]]> Comment on SPIDERS in my bed! by Pr. Alex Klages http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/spiders-in-my-bed/#comment-13 Pr. Alex Klages Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:50:30 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/spiders-in-my-bed/#comment-13 LOL! LOL!

]]> Comment on SPIDERS in my bed! by Liz http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/spiders-in-my-bed/#comment-12 Liz Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:47:54 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/spiders-in-my-bed/#comment-12 I feel your pain. I feel your pain.

]]> Comment on Why the Albino Peacock? by the peacock http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/why-the-albino-peacock/#comment-11 the peacock Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:42:06 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/why-the-albino-peacock/#comment-11 RPW ~~ Thanks so much for all your input here! I don't know... are pastor's wives allowed to be cranky?! LOLOLOL!!! It's an adventure, isn't it ~ that's what I'm finding out anyway... :) RPW ~~ Thanks so much for all your input here! I don’t know… are pastor’s wives allowed to be cranky?! LOLOLOL!!! It’s an adventure, isn’t it ~ that’s what I’m finding out anyway… :)

]]> Comment on Unibapticostamentalist Lutherans by The Rebellious Pastor's Wife http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/unibapticostamentalist-lutherans/#comment-10 The Rebellious Pastor's Wife Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:20:17 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/unibapticostamentalist-lutherans/#comment-10 I was raised Lutheran but ran out the door after my confirmation (almost literally). The church that I had been in had no desire to answer the questions that I had. So when I was drawn back, I ended up going elsewhere, anywhere but the Lutheran Church. I went non-denominational, because it reminded me of the Lutheran camp I worked at, and there, I learned to read the Bible again. Then I went to college, and the closest thing was Baptist. I was toying with rebaptism, but couldn't quite bring myself to acknowledge that my infant baptism wasn't real. I could not bring myself to take communion there, because I still believed in the Real Presence (oddly enough, the pastor didn't want me taking communion there, because I wasn't baptized...closed communion because of symbols...well, good for him). He wasn't fire and brimstone, but he had an altar call every week, and every week I wondered if I should, but never did. I started dating my husband, who was headed to seminary, and realized that I needed to really look at whether or not I could handle being Lutheran, and so I went to the Lutheran church and met a really great pastor who loved to answer the kind of questions that I thought the Lutheran church didn't answer. And I realized I was home. I still struggled with the liturgy for a long time, but now it as familiar and warm to me as a cozy sweater. I wouldn't want to be without it. Having never been truly educated in our tradition, so being able to throw it aside, I agree with you. We have a rich treasure that our theology is completely tied into. We should rejoice in it. I was raised Lutheran but ran out the door after my confirmation (almost literally). The church that I had been in had no desire to answer the questions that I had. So when I was drawn back, I ended up going elsewhere, anywhere but the Lutheran Church. I went non-denominational, because it reminded me of the Lutheran camp I worked at, and there, I learned to read the Bible again. Then I went to college, and the closest thing was Baptist. I was toying with rebaptism, but couldn’t quite bring myself to acknowledge that my infant baptism wasn’t real. I could not bring myself to take communion there, because I still believed in the Real Presence (oddly enough, the pastor didn’t want me taking communion there, because I wasn’t baptized…closed communion because of symbols…well, good for him). He wasn’t fire and brimstone, but he had an altar call every week, and every week I wondered if I should, but never did.

I started dating my husband, who was headed to seminary, and realized that I needed to really look at whether or not I could handle being Lutheran, and so I went to the Lutheran church and met a really great pastor who loved to answer the kind of questions that I thought the Lutheran church didn’t answer. And I realized I was home. I still struggled with the liturgy for a long time, but now it as familiar and warm to me as a cozy sweater. I wouldn’t want to be without it.

Having never been truly educated in our tradition, so being able to throw it aside, I agree with you. We have a rich treasure that our theology is completely tied into. We should rejoice in it.

]]> Comment on Why the Albino Peacock? by The Rebellious Pastor's Wife http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/why-the-albino-peacock/#comment-9 The Rebellious Pastor's Wife Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:03:30 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/why-the-albino-peacock/#comment-9 I know what you mean. I picked out my blog title when I was feeling cranky, but it stuck, and if nothing else, it always describes my sinful state, even if I feel less cranky now that I have somewhere to express myself. So....blog on! Welcome back RPW I know what you mean. I picked out my blog title when I was feeling cranky, but it stuck, and if nothing else, it always describes my sinful state, even if I feel less cranky now that I have somewhere to express myself.

So….blog on! Welcome back

RPW

]]> Comment on Odd Woman Out by the peacock http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/oow-odd-woman-out/#comment-8 the peacock Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:41:38 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/oow-odd-woman-out/#comment-8 JWinters said ... Welcome to the neighborhood. Consider this 250 miles away from your husband’s parish…nobody knows who you are, kick back and enjoy the blogging. in Christ, jW May 16, 1:23 AM — JWinters said …

Welcome to the neighborhood. Consider this 250 miles away from your husband’s parish…nobody knows who you are, kick back and enjoy the blogging.

in Christ,
jW

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]]> Comment on Unibapticostamentalist Lutherans by the peacock http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/unibapticostamentalist-lutherans/#comment-7 the peacock Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:25:38 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/unibapticostamentalist-lutherans/#comment-7 Comments gpiper said ... Very nice post. It’s the kind of viewpoint/reminder that “cradle” Lutherans (like me) need to be reminded of on a regular basis. Boredom and/or desire for “new & exciting” is no excuse for exchanging our theological birthright for a bowl of barely warmed over theological pottage. Thank you for writing it! May 24, 6:24 PM — ******* Liz said ... I am right with you! I grew up in the EFCA, and I wouldn’t go back for the world. I love the question: Whose salvation is it anyway? May 25, 12:14 AM — ******* the peacock said ... | Liz ~ that was one thing I forgot to say! During our pre-seminary interview they also asked me if I’d ever go back to Baptist. You probably know what my answer was too. Nope nope nope. thanks for your post! May 25, 1:34 AM — ******* the peacock said ... | gpiper ~ you’re welcome! May 25, 8:52 PM — ******* Theresa said ... I am enjoying getting to know your writings! May 26, 3:29 AM — ******* Maxfield said ... I hear you and share some things with you! My grandfather was a non-stipend Free Will Baptist minister in rural Missouri. I really loved the guy but he was scary with his religion and probably was one of the l reasons I was not baptised until age 37 in a wonderful LCMS in Des Moines Iowa. I remember my sunday school teacher telling me (at around 7 years of age) that it was harder for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone to go to Heaven. I knew what the alternative to Heaven was, of course, and I was terrified. I also remember thinking that it was no use to go to church because everyone was doomed. I never learned the Good News of that story about the camel until some years later. In college, I learned about the Reformation, Martin Luther, and the Lutheran Church and it’s dogma. It would take me a few years to understand that the Holy Spirit really did want me in Heaven and that I was invited to join the Kingdom of God. I still remember the first time I attended a Lutheran Church and heard the sermon delivered rationally, intellegently, and without the hand waving, finger pointing, judgemental monologue I once heard in the other church. I enrolled in an adult confirmation class and was baptised, along with my 13 year old son and my 1 year old daughter. I learned what was meant by the Gospel and the Law. In short, I became a child of God in the Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod and I sincerely hope that it remains the Liturgical, Sacramental, Confessional church which has helped so many find God. May 30, 6:39 PM — [ Edit | Delete | Unapprove | Approve | Spam the peacock said ... Thank you, Max! Always good to meet another convert! Comments

gpiper said …

Very nice post. It’s the kind of viewpoint/reminder that “cradle” Lutherans (like me) need to be reminded of on a regular basis. Boredom and/or desire for “new & exciting” is no excuse for exchanging our theological birthright for a bowl of barely warmed over theological pottage.

Thank you for writing it!

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Liz said …

I am right with you! I grew up in the EFCA, and I wouldn’t go back for the world. I love the question: Whose salvation is it anyway?

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Liz ~ that was one thing I forgot to say! During our pre-seminary interview they also asked me if I’d ever go back to Baptist. You probably know what my answer was too. Nope nope nope. thanks for your post!

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gpiper ~ you’re welcome!

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Theresa said …

I am enjoying getting to know your writings!

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Maxfield said …

I hear you and share some things with you! My grandfather was a non-stipend Free Will Baptist minister in rural Missouri. I really loved the guy but he was scary with his religion and probably was one of the l reasons I was not baptised until age 37 in a wonderful LCMS in Des Moines Iowa. I remember my sunday school teacher telling me (at around 7 years of age) that it was harder for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone to go to Heaven. I knew what the alternative to Heaven was, of course, and I was terrified. I also remember thinking that it was no use to go to church because everyone was doomed. I never learned the Good News of that story about the camel until some years later. In college, I learned about the Reformation, Martin Luther, and the Lutheran Church and it’s dogma. It would take me a few years to understand that the Holy Spirit really did want me in Heaven and that I was invited to join the Kingdom of God. I still remember the first time I attended a Lutheran Church and heard the sermon delivered rationally, intellegently, and without the hand waving, finger pointing, judgemental monologue I once heard in the other church. I enrolled in an adult confirmation class and was baptised, along with my 13 year old son and my 1 year old daughter. I learned what was meant by the Gospel and the Law. In short, I became a child of God in the Lutheran Church-
Missouri Synod and I sincerely hope that it remains the Liturgical, Sacramental, Confessional church which has helped so many find God.

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the peacock said …

Thank you, Max! Always good to meet another convert!

]]> Comment on Feeling the Spirit? by the peacock http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/feeling-the-spirit/#comment-6 the peacock Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:17:15 +0000 http://thealbinopeacock.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/feeling-the-spirit/#comment-6 Liz said ... One of the “salvation” issues I struggled with is whether or not I was “sincere” enough when I said The Sinner’s Prayer when I was 8. It stayed with me until I came to terms that I could do nothing for my own salvation. Good post! Liz said …

One of the “salvation” issues I struggled with is whether or not I was “sincere” enough when I said The Sinner’s Prayer when I was 8. It stayed with me until I came to terms that I could do nothing for my own salvation.

Good post!

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