tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183399120970948505.post7805900275741916711..comments2023-08-25T06:17:03.644-07:00Comments on The High Mid Life: And. Here. We. Go.Pastor Fienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14701830939108213662noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183399120970948505.post-3084072640707206362010-02-14T17:40:28.278-08:002010-02-14T17:40:28.278-08:00In regard to the first example, I am always perple...In regard to the first example, I am always perplexed by pastors who never wear a collar or an alb. There is a certain pastor I know who I have never seen in a collar, though he will wear an alb during worship. I often wonder if he doesn't want people to know he is a pastor outside of worship, even while he sits in his office and provides pastoral council to those who would visit.<br /><br />In my reading just this afternoon Bo Giertz hit the nail on the head in the second chapter of the third novella of Hammer of God. In it a parish pastor contends with his Rector (it's kind of like a district president for anyone reading not familiar with the term or the book) that he does not wear his clerical coat because he wishes to attend worship as an "ordinary human being." The rector responds quite well: "Then you are sailing under false colors. You are no ordinary person. You have been ordained by the Church as a servant of the Word. You have been elected and called by the Christian congregation at Odesjo to be its pastor. You get support from the fields which godly forbears donated for the pastor's upkeep. it is pure dishonesty to take the money, if you want to be just an ordinary person."<br /><br />The point is that when God puts a man in the position of a preacher, he ought to look the part. I don't care if the pastor doesn't wear a collar when he goes to the doctor's office for his checkup or to the grocery store. It would be absurd to see a man mowing his lawn in a clerical. But when acting in the office of a pastor, a man ought to at least wear the uniform.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722347108333246856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183399120970948505.post-40649953127667660462010-02-10T17:13:07.792-08:002010-02-10T17:13:07.792-08:00I hate to say it, but I've seen the third pict...I hate to say it, but I've seen the third picture somewhere before; if it's from the website I believe it is, you would find lots of grist for a discussion on vestments.Liz Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068234196010446869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183399120970948505.post-88376736533721869872010-02-10T15:32:50.989-08:002010-02-10T15:32:50.989-08:00Leroy - I figured it was something of that nature....Leroy - I figured it was something of that nature. Even if there is a theological idea behind the posture, I still find it distracting. But perhaps more on that later.Pastor Fienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701830939108213662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183399120970948505.post-61021693723714837902010-02-10T12:46:45.194-08:002010-02-10T12:46:45.194-08:00Hans - Picture number 2 is of a Roman Catholic ord...Hans - Picture number 2 is of a Roman Catholic ordination service. The men on the floor are candidates for the priesthood. Just thought you should know. (Don't you wish that was a part of our rite of ordination?)Pastor LaPlanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436238112969921952noreply@blogger.com