[Magdalen] Interesting Funeral

[Lynn Ronkainen]

The Lutherans of both stripes run strong here in TX.... many German 
immigrants came here directly to the port of Galveston to settle the wild 
wilderness of TX (as in some cases where Europeans seemed to end up in areas 
of the USA that closely resemble their homeland, I think that coming to TX 
was about as far from that dynamic as possible!!)

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 11:48 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Interesting Funeral

> The Lutheran church I attend is middle to low church, German in tradition.
> The congregation is celebrating is 225th anniversary this year. It dates
> back to the influx of German immigrants into the Shenandoah Valley in the
> years following the American Revolution. A lot of my neighbors are of
> German descent and have the names to prove it. Some are of the Anabaptist
> tradition, others are Lutheran. They all seem to get along fine.
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have learned a lot about the different stripes of Lutherans over the
>> last 20 years. I now realize that the Rev Sigurd Andresen who was the
>> interim pastor at a church I played about 15 years ago was very high for
>> his brand of Norwegian.
>> I thought he was somewhat low but he was actually middle of the road 
>> ELCA.
>> The Lutheran Church down town does use incense on occasion. I saw the TV
>> versionof its Easter Vigil some years back.
>>
>> At our Melkite Church last Pascha, we started around 10:15 (never on
>> time--10PM) as we were in the middle of the Announcement of the
>> Resurrection, the Lutherans next door were beginning their procession 
>> with
>> the Paschal Candle around their church--very similar to our outdoor 
>> Paschal
>> Candle Procession at St. John Vianney, my former parish.
>> I believe the Lutherans and ourselves both sang We Are Walking,
>> Walking,Walking, in the LIght of Christ.  (Melkites sang Christos Anesti
>> upon entering the church in Greek, Arabic, And English and the equivalent
>> of Voskressenia Christa Spasi  (The Angels in Heaven hymn your 
>> resurrection)
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> >Sent: Sep 20, 2015 11:45 PM
>> >To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> >Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
>> >Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Interesting Funeral
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >In a message dated 9/20/2015 8:20:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> >
>> >(is  Lutheran Thurifer an  oxymoron?).
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >
>> >Naw.
>> >
>> >Lutherans around here are more likely than Episcopalians to use
>> >incense.
>> >
>> >There's an (former LCMS) ELCA Parish in Saint Paul, MN that has
>> >Solemn High Masses that would be right at home at Smokey Mary's.
>> >
>> >Ditto Mt. Olive ELCA parish in Minneapolis.
>> >
>> >I attended a Solemn High Mass of the Reformation (?!) there some
>> >years ago.
>> >
>> >Now, I'll grant you that my Norwegian Lutheran relatives in the Upper
>> >Midwest would collapse if they saw a thurible in their churches, but
>> there
>> >are lots of stripes of Lutherans.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >David Strang.
>> >
>> >
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