tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631197867227683926.post62960033851203224..comments2023-08-02T10:54:42.975-05:00Comments on Pygmy Puffs and Heffalumps: Phone Book Church-anomicsZanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410069721111246797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631197867227683926.post-42511154547729687332009-09-02T08:06:41.740-05:002009-09-02T08:06:41.740-05:00Yeah - I heard about that last weekend. ELCA is f...Yeah - I heard about that last weekend. ELCA is following the path of the Episcopal Church. If we could find a LCMS close that might be an option, but as you said, not so much in the deep south!<br /><br />As an aside, I shared your comment about a pentecostal church with the philosopher. He laughed and reiterated that he'd like to visit a Greek Orthodox, but would not commit to anything else. ::heh::Zanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410069721111246797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631197867227683926.post-88922095580556227172009-09-02T01:01:18.821-05:002009-09-02T01:01:18.821-05:00Ahhh, and I wrote that and now I run across the bi...Ahhh, and I wrote that and now I run across the big ELCA-gay-pastor-vote-judged-by-a-tornado thing.<br /><br />Ok, so maybe the ELCA flavor of Lutheran doesn't qualify for traditional. Maybe one of the other alphabet soup groups.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16837647516475473182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631197867227683926.post-68274860837981112212009-08-27T17:00:23.577-05:002009-08-27T17:00:23.577-05:00I've got a couple items in my "necessary&...I've got a couple items in my "necessary" list that probably ought to be in my "important" list - at least mentally I say they are "important" characteristics, but in real life I suspect they play out more as a necessity.<br /><br />In your wanderings searching for a church, please do keep up the descriptions of the different services. I thoroughly enjoy them.<br /><br />Might I suggest a Lutheran church? I can't say I have very high opinions of the Lutherans I have interacted with personally, but in theory they have a solid theological foundation and are more or less traditional in the church-year sort of way. At least the more conservative splinters are.<br /><br />I guess it's a case of "good luck" finding a Lutheran church down South, though.<br /><br />If you make it that far down the list of churches to try, I have a perverse anticipation of your experience with a strongly Pentecostal church. In mannerisms at least, I can't imagine a much further step from stereotypical Episcopalian styles of church services.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16837647516475473182noreply@blogger.com