tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296203.post6552476408895162436..comments2023-06-08T07:28:11.328-07:00Comments on Prayer Pilgrimage: Holidays and Holy DaysTom Steagaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16577459035284327473noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296203.post-12131718329071415162009-06-17T20:43:20.181-07:002009-06-17T20:43:20.181-07:00Hey, and Thanks, Amy
I submitted a similar post t...Hey, and Thanks, Amy<br /><br />I submitted a similar post to CC a year or so ago but it was rejected. You can recommend it, if you wish, to dbendis@christiancentury.org (just don't tell them I gave you this bit of coaching!). <br /><br />Steve Thorngate, the editor of Theolog, might have some pull, too. I do think it is am important topic, but then again, I wrote it.Tom Steagaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577459035284327473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296203.post-13364516778711125302009-06-17T19:23:41.883-07:002009-06-17T19:23:41.883-07:00I was with the McHenry's in your town recently...I was with the McHenry's in your town recently and shared with them how I had discovered your blog. I really like this post. Wish it could be in a Christian Century article or out there for a wider audience, in addition to theolog. I'm a Lutheran pastor getting ready to serve in an Episcopal church in Charlotte and have noticed that churches just tend to assume that these hallmark days as you say, will be celebrated in the church. Gosh... Please keep blogging!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113529511743405120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296203.post-14649178191614990402009-06-10T10:57:07.403-07:002009-06-10T10:57:07.403-07:00I fear the NDP is in fact a celebration of the emp...I fear the NDP is in fact a celebration of the empire, if not the emperor. My real complaint is the way that the whole celebration gets politicized and seems to be a salvo in the culture wars.<br /><br />I actually have some of the same difficulty with Thanksgiving--but it is not so obvious, I think. Still, have you seen the opening scenes in "Shenandoah," the great old Jimmy Stewart film? "Lord we plowed the land and planted the seed and cultivated and harvested it but I promised my wife before she died that I would thank you for it so I thank you for it even though we did all the work. Amen." That is not exactly it, but that is the gist of it...forever exegeted for me the way most people regard that day.Tom Steagaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577459035284327473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296203.post-1270628014917802722009-06-10T10:14:56.522-07:002009-06-10T10:14:56.522-07:00Fascinating post.
Still, I wonder if the story of...Fascinating post.<br /><br />Still, I wonder if the story of Naaman in 2 Kings 5 doesn't temper the complaint a bit. After Naaman is washed clean of leprosy and then raises concerns about having to go home and bow with his master to his master's false god, Elisha grants a sort of pastoral compromise for Naaman to do just that. Curious biblical precedent there.<br /><br />As for the National Day of Prayer--I've not participated in one nor am I inclined to. Ever. But unlike the cited example of Nebuchadnezzar, the National Day of Prayer is not a day to worship the emperor.<br /><br />However, now that I think about it, perhaps there's something to the argument about ignoring Caesar's call to worship and pray. It gets me off the hook for a worship service during that busy time of year just before Advent begins because, after all, the only reason we are celebrating the Eucharist at Thanksgiving (Eve) is that the emperor decreed the 4th Thursday in November be set aside for worship.Aelrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296203.post-59809822831227483302009-06-07T04:31:31.299-07:002009-06-07T04:31:31.299-07:00I'm going to send you my friend Stacey's w...I'm going to send you my friend Stacey's web address so you can "browse" her Angry Gurl merchandise. Her cards especially have your same loathing anti-Hallmark feelings. I think you two might get along very nicely. She has a lot of good stuff also, but the cards are me favorite!Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04629953530722251274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296203.post-60143521508844058882009-06-05T09:23:36.774-07:002009-06-05T09:23:36.774-07:00Finally somebody verbalized what I feel about all ...Finally somebody verbalized what I feel about all the Hallmark "feel good about feeling guilty and spend money in our store" holidays. Well thought out, well written and hits the spot. <br /><br />I guess I am a theological, liturgical and otherwise minded curmudgeon too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com