tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15026486.post115065864917387823..comments2023-10-03T09:50:54.742-04:00Comments on St. James the Hoosier: Interesting DiscussionsRev. Jim Roemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08765590533573457596noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15026486.post-1150765625444389082006-06-19T21:07:00.000-04:002006-06-19T21:07:00.000-04:00Very good point, Kerner, and I believe a key reaso...Very good point, Kerner, and I believe a key reason for so much misunderstanding and confusion regarding worship practices. Even at the seminary history, meaning and the reason we worship liturgically is not addressed. I've had to do a lot of self-study, which in turn leads to me picking what I want to study, which in turn leads to me having different ideas about liturgical worship than my brother who has gone on a different line of study.<BR/><BR/>I have made it my goal to educate as many people as I can, with my supervisor's support, at my vicarage congregation about the rich meaning and reason we do what we do. I will continue to educate people in whatever congregation I am called to. And I encourage lay people to ask their pastors questions about the liturgy. They may not have all the answers but it will encourage them to find out. Thank you again for your insights, and I pray God's blessings for you as you gather around His Word and Sacraments in liturgical worship.Rev. Jim Roemkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765590533573457596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15026486.post-1150764069755731392006-06-19T20:41:00.000-04:002006-06-19T20:41:00.000-04:00I'm only a layman, and I can't even speak for othe...I'm only a layman, and I can't even speak for other laymen, but from my limited observation, a big reason we Lutherans don't appreciate our liturgy is that we never talk about it. I was confirmed in adult confirmation 35 years ago. I don't remember if I was taught anything about the history and meaning of the liturgy then, but I'm pretty sure I have heard no teaching or preaching on the subject since then. It's just something we do. But, if it's only something we do because we always have, that really isn't much of a reason to keep doing it. Especially in a culture that values innovation as much as this one does.<BR/><BR/>So, we get "orders" of service based on fads, be they slick contemporary evangelical, or Nouveau-Roman. As a vicar, you have a lot of sermons ahead of you. Next time you preach, maybe you could work into your sermon a couple sentences defining what a collect (for example) is, and why we just said one. Then maybe your parishioners would be less likely to let that liturgical element be eliminated, because they would know what it is and appreciate it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com