tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post8141931536197084007..comments2023-10-17T02:54:55.895-05:00Comments on Concordian Sisters of Perpetual Parturition: Vortex of subgrouperyRebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11129136210164478753noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-38986347641870293842009-02-06T08:34:00.000-06:002009-02-06T08:34:00.000-06:00Last time I checked, IL had the most Lutherans of ...Last time I checked, IL had the most Lutherans of any state and NE had the most per capita. But having done some driving in NE . . . maybe we should just take a family vacation to Marshall in 15 years and hope for the best. :D<BR/><BR/>As for the world, we interact with it so rarely that I'm not sure our kids would understand they were getting hassled. :/Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129136210164478753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-82939936836562639322009-02-05T17:15:00.000-06:002009-02-05T17:15:00.000-06:00Truthquestioner's cultural subgroups point was, in...Truthquestioner's cultural subgroups point was, indeed, very helpful to the overall perspective of this issue. My comments at the linked discussion concerned the world rather than our own subgroup. <BR/><BR/>My family is blessed to have a very like-minded "subgroup" of Lutheran friends. We live in a very populated area of the nation, and we are blessed to attend a church where dozens of the finest conservative Lutheran college students attend (from Hillsdale College, the most conservative college in the U.S.). Even if my daughters decide to limit their college experience, they still have LOTS of contact with plenty of prospective young men, at church and elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of subgroups, especially the relative availability of prospective conservative Lutheran spouses, here is an <A HREF="http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/pics/geo200/religion/lcms.gif" REL="nofollow">interesting map</A>. And here's <A HREF="http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/pics/geo200/religion/luth_groups.gif" REL="nofollow">another map</A>. But, before you think that these maps tell you where all the conservative Lutherans are, put this all in perspective by looking at <A HREF="http://www.censuscd.com/images/lf-map.gif" REL="nofollow">this map</A>. Until you look at population density, the other two maps might make states like Nebraska look like the place to find thousands of conservative Lutherans.Erich Heidenreich, DDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12819223688598369327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-73791355545569546622009-02-05T09:26:00.000-06:002009-02-05T09:26:00.000-06:00Indeed, such stories are written for fathers, as w...Indeed, such stories are written for fathers, as well. They are more difficult to live than to read. But we are helped in our weakness; and though we do not understand, the meries of the Lord prevail.Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-4059229810041733592009-02-05T08:16:00.000-06:002009-02-05T08:16:00.000-06:00Monique--strange which peoples' opinions we decide...Monique--strange which peoples' opinions we decide to care about, no? It's all about milieu.<BR/><BR/>Father Rick, nice on absolutes. And I suppose you're the only person who could read that story! :D<BR/><BR/>RM, do it up. I want to read it.Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129136210164478753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-17789342952897957252009-02-05T08:09:00.000-06:002009-02-05T08:09:00.000-06:00I have so many random and sometimes evil thoughts ...I have so many random and sometimes evil thoughts on this topic that I'm saving them in case that half-drafted post ever comes together >-PReb. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827521306898397100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-49154867701022324972009-02-04T11:06:00.000-06:002009-02-04T11:06:00.000-06:00Well said, Rebekah. Thanks for putting things int...Well said, Rebekah. Thanks for putting things into perspective so nicely.<BR/><BR/>There is a special challenge, I think -- as TQ has noted with reference to sub-groups -- that the pendellum, so to speak, is not only swinging to one side or the other, but tends to be all over the map. And that, not only in the culture at large, but within one and the same sinful heart at the same time. In any case, trading one sort of legalism for another is no solution.<BR/><BR/>The perspective of faith, it seems to me, perceives what it means to be a man or a woman in Christ and His Church. It is that sacred Matrimony which lends its high and holy significance to marriage and childbearing, and at the same time grants comfort and joy to those who are neither married nor given in marriage here on earth; to those who are childless, or bereft of spouse or children. The virgin, the wife and the widow, the barren and the mother of many, all live as fellow members of the one Bride of Christ; so, too, every Christian man, of every age and station in life. That's why marriage and family matter, and why they do not matter absolutely.Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-71337981538386700462009-02-04T08:57:00.000-06:002009-02-04T08:57:00.000-06:00Err! I meant to say :The pendellum is swinging aw...Err! I meant to say :<BR/><BR/>The pendellum is swinging away from the femnist ideology that was so prevalent with our mothers GENERATION. <BR/><BR/>My dear mother is by no means a feminist.Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591284330767929124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-73244160325047025952009-02-04T08:43:00.000-06:002009-02-04T08:43:00.000-06:00Rebekah, I love this post.Hubby and I were actuall...Rebekah, I love this post.<BR/><BR/>Hubby and I were actually having this very conversation just a few days ago. You precisely put to words what I was trying to say.<BR/><BR/>Especially this part:<BR/>Let's also not rule out husbandolatry and childolatry as likely hazards of natural inclination toward hearth and home. Ain't no bosom pure enough sin can't pervert it.<BR/><BR/>I find this so prevalent now that the pendellum is swinging away from the femnist ideology that was so prevalent with our mothers.Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591284330767929124noreply@blogger.com