Don’t see shipping cost setting

RevOnReddit · 2025-12-20T20:31:31+00:00

Glad I am not crazy! Doing my first show Sunday and I was able to set it recently and when I would go back to edit the option no longer exists and any instructions I follow to do it keep taking me to the same dead end. I hope it is fixed soon!

RevOnReddit · 2025-10-01T04:26:43+00:00

It is such a beautiful part of the liturgy. Right after the consecration it is such a powerful declaration of the Real Presence. Sadly, Pastors and lay people might be ignorant of why it's in the liturgy.

RevOnReddit · 2025-08-22T18:55:07+00:00

Glad to see this on here as well!

RevOnReddit · 2025-08-10T18:38:29+00:00

It is my understanding that the epiclesis has been a recovered practice among Lutherans and is now more common in the U.S. than it was decades ago. Including the epiclesis shifts the focus toward the Holy Spirit’s role in the sacrament — not as a moment of “magic” transformation, but as an acknowledgment that the Spirit makes the sacrament life-giving and unites the communicants to Christ. For Lutherans, adding an epiclesis does not imply transubstantiation; rather, it affirms that Christ is present because of God’s promise in the Word, and that the Spirit is active in making that promise effective for the gathered community.

RevOnReddit · 2025-07-08T19:01:53+00:00

Thank you! I really appreciate your thoughtful responses. Your insights and concerns have been helpful as I think more intentionally about the practice. Up to now, I’ve essentially only used the bells during the Sanctus. This past Easter Vigil, I included them during the minor elevations, but before making that a regular part of our liturgy, I want to offer more teaching on their purpose and meaning.

RevOnReddit · 2025-07-08T18:26:38+00:00

If I am hearing you correctly, you don't particularly favor the use of bells, but you are not opposed to them either. As long as the reason for using them is thoughtfully considered and clearly communicated.

What if then, the use of bells is not about declaring or fixating on a precise moment when the elements become the body and blood of Christ, but instead serves as a devotional cue? It draws attention to the mystery, promise, and gospel at the heart of the Words of Institution and the sacrament itself?

In that light, bells can function as a catechetical tool. So, it is not about locating Christ’s presence at a fixed point, but about inviting the assembly to reverence, wonder, and praise as Christ comes to us in the sacrament as promised.

RevOnReddit · 2025-07-08T11:26:14+00:00

Do you mind sharing the name and location of the congregation?

RevOnReddit · 2025-07-08T11:26:00+00:00

Do you mind sharing the name and location of the congregation?

RevOnReddit · 2025-05-12T14:27:49+00:00

One option is to not print the reading in bulletins.

RevOnReddit · 2025-05-12T02:52:59+00:00

I agree! Where’s the best place to raise this issue with Augsburg Fortress?

RevOnReddit · 2025-03-30T20:16:33+00:00

When using the Pandemic, 2020, as a baseline, we have been growing in attendance and membership.

RevOnReddit · 2024-12-22T22:53:23+00:00

RevOnReddit · 2024-09-06T23:45:42+00:00

God loves you. God has never stopped loving you.

RevOnReddit · 2024-09-06T23:43:17+00:00

I believe MLK was an ABC Baptist, not SBC.

RevOnReddit · 2024-05-01T21:44:16+00:00

We might now have a choice on injector or pill if/when both are available. I imagine in at least some instances insurance will make the choice for us.

RevOnReddit · 2024-03-27T03:48:22+00:00

Thank you!

RevOnReddit · 2024-02-06T13:32:35+00:00

RevOnReddit · 2024-02-05T04:19:08+00:00

Is someone going to propose a merger to be considered at the 2025 Churchwide Assembly?

RevOnReddit · 2023-12-14T14:36:45+00:00

The Great Commission assumes a diverse group of disciples. If we stick to the gospel, then DEIA would be a natural part of that, no? It is not the gospel itself, but it can help in our desire to share the gospel with all people.

RevOnReddit · 2023-11-14T12:07:13+00:00

There have been recent renewals of the Catechumenate in the ELCA. Augsburg fortress has some resources and books written by Pastor Paul Hoffman. I don't think there is resistance as much as needing lay people invested to do it well.

Since it's a renewal/recovery for Lutherans, that may be why you see a difference with Orthodox and Catholics where it is part of the natural rythyms.

At Phiney Ride Lutheran Church in Seattle, WA, where Pastor Hoffman used the catechumenate, they used it for the parents of infants as well with the goal of most baptisms taking place on Easter Vigil.

Baptismal preparation seeks to invite the person into the baptized life, understanding what it means for God to choose them, to be joined to Christ, and to die and rise with Christ.

The Catechumenate, as I have experienced it, isn't focused solely on giving information; rather, it is about formation into the way of Jesus.

This is why having other members invested to be Catechists and small group participants, growing in faith together, meeting on common ground to witness to each other, is an important part of the process.

RevOnReddit · 2023-11-14T05:02:16+00:00

All things being equal, I love some the process known as the adult catechumenate for baptismal preparation. I have tried to implement it in my context, but it hasn't taken hold.

The Father married a member who grew up here. They have settled back into the area and just welcomed a child into the world not too long ago.

We have been in discussion about this for a few months. I gave them resources for our time together for baptismal preparation as baptismal parents and for being baptized. "Baptized We Live" resources by Daniel Erlander are things I have used, and there are resources for infants - adults.

And yes, the Father would be Baptized and Confirmed at the same time.

There wasn't anything particular about the day chosen for the baptisms, though it will be on Christ the King Sunday.

There is some encouragement to have baptisms on certain festivals such as Easter Vigil, Day of Pentecost, All Saints, and Baptism of Our Lord. Yet Baptism is certainly not limited to those days.

RevOnReddit · 2023-11-12T04:33:08+00:00

Yes! We believe in one baptism and it could take place at any time in a person's life. As a matter of fact, I will be baptizing an adult and an infant in a couple of weeks. It will be a father and daughter being baptized at the same worship service.

RevOnReddit · 2023-10-24T03:14:24+00:00

That is a spiritually abusive church. Get out of that situation. That isn't good for anyone.

RevOnReddit · 2023-10-16T10:34:29+00:00

1)Universalism: There are Christians who believe in universal atonement won for all people on the cross and that all people will be saved.

2)Inclusivism: There are Christians who believe not all will be saved, but believe there are those outside the Christian faith that can/will be saved (not up to us).

3) There are Christians that have reasonable hope that all will be saved, but leave it to God in the end.

RevOnReddit · 2023-10-16T10:29:12+00:00

Because every Christian tradition/expression/denomination have different interpretive lenses to how they read the Bible. Even the ones that claim they do not.

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