That we are seriously challenging the long tradition of women serving as Lectors tells me that this Convention will be a very challenging one for those who are operating in the 21st Century! C’mon, is this REALLY something that we want to share with the Church and enter into potential direction of the Synod? Please….NO. This is settled practice and has been since I became a Lutheran in 1976, and this is insulting to women! Kyrie eleison!
The 50 year span since 1976, while 2.5 generations ago & significant to our limited perception of the scope of time, is hardly longstanding in the scheme of things over a 2000+ year span. Additionally, liturgical practices adopted (made allowable not doctrinal, as we would never vote on Doctrine, right?) in/around that 50 year span can hardly be seen as tradition, much less long or settled (as they’re not Doctrine, remember…). If anything, in that 2000+ year context, they are clearly innovative. And innovations should be evaluated & measured against Doctrine, even (especially!) when they feel traditional to a contemporary context.
Issues & practices such as these are hardly settled, not when they are so clearly indicative of the fault lines that exist in Synod. Perhaps they are “settled” within one or more of the shadow synods that exist (a “quiet part” that’s starting to get increasingly said out loud…), but that’s fodder for another day.
That we are seriously challenging the long tradition of women serving as Lectors tells me that this Convention will be a very challenging one for those who are operating in the 21st Century! C’mon, is this REALLY something that we want to share with the Church and enter into potential direction of the Synod? Please….NO. This is settled practice and has been since I became a Lutheran in 1976, and this is insulting to women! Kyrie eleison!
The 50 year span since 1976, while 2.5 generations ago & significant to our limited perception of the scope of time, is hardly longstanding in the scheme of things over a 2000+ year span. Additionally, liturgical practices adopted (made allowable not doctrinal, as we would never vote on Doctrine, right?) in/around that 50 year span can hardly be seen as tradition, much less long or settled (as they’re not Doctrine, remember…). If anything, in that 2000+ year context, they are clearly innovative. And innovations should be evaluated & measured against Doctrine, even (especially!) when they feel traditional to a contemporary context.
Issues & practices such as these are hardly settled, not when they are so clearly indicative of the fault lines that exist in Synod. Perhaps they are “settled” within one or more of the shadow synods that exist (a “quiet part” that’s starting to get increasingly said out loud…), but that’s fodder for another day.
"Long tradition" lol it didn't exist when you were born. It's an aberration born of a feminist generation.