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Recent content by Clovis Man

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    Keep a Word - Change a Word

    Catch fish!
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    Confession

    I occasionally hear of one or maybe a few pastors who refuse, but that's the exception. You could do worse than ask.
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    Confession

    Back to the original question from six months ago -- I am a convert to Lutheranism, being confirmed just over five years ago. As a former Baptist, it's taken a bit of work, but I have been to Private C&A several times now. It's wonderful to hear those words directly to YOU, especially if...
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    Attending an ordination, what should I wear?

    Turkeys CAN fly. Very fast, and they'll scare the daylights out of you if they take off and you don't know they're there! LOL! OK, I think I know what to wear now. Thanks for all the info.
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    Attending an ordination, what should I wear?

    Make that penitence. I am not Data.
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    Attending an ordination, what should I wear?

    Thanks. Don't think I'll be wearing red, unless we commemorate a martyr that day???
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    Attending an ordination, what should I wear?

    As the title shows -- I'm planning to attend an ordination this coming Sunday, so what should I wear? Coat and tie, I presume. I have a nice purple shirt and tie that i like to wear indicating sentience. Would that be too far "out in left field"?
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    Do you carry a firearm in church?

    Is a "conversation" the only way to send a PM on this board? I tried to send a message to the F-14 and the software won't let me.
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    Do you carry a firearm in church?

    Time for an admission on my part -- when I am at the back of the nave, watching the doors, I never close my eyes, other than blinking. At least one person (me) is guarding over the others, and not in such a vulnerable position.
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    Bowing before the Altar

    My apologies for being late, but -- Just do it. As a Recovering Baptist, now LC-MS, I'm one of perhaps four who use the Sign of the Cross, our morning worship averaging perhaps 35 attendees. I guess it took me about three or four months to get comfortable having others SEE me making the Sign...
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    Church charges brought against Sessions

    As I sit here reading this thread, I see people here argue so hard against each other. Apparently they would want Sessions and anybody else that disagrees with them to be excommunicated. I don't see any consistency of complaints over what Democrats do and what Republicans do. I see a few...
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    what does it really mean to be "my brother's/sister's keeper"?

    Whoa. I always think I'm immature, I mean I know all the DC Comics characters, The Shadow, etc, but I just listen to them on the radio/podcast. I had no idea you were dealing g with all this.
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    what does it really mean to be "my brother's/sister's keeper"?

    Oh, by the way -- that question -- "Am I my brother's keeper?" -- is asked in Genesis and the rest of the Bible explains that yes, you are. My opinion, of course.