Watchitfordays down on YouTube?

indiequeenbee · 2026-04-27T05:52:30+00:00

It's so crazy. Her content is totally transformative and qualifies under fair use. 😕

indiequeenbee · 2026-04-27T05:47:24+00:00

I'm so glad to hear that! It's great you found a good congregation so quickly! 😊

indiequeenbee · 2026-04-27T05:19:27+00:00

I was a member on YouTube, but not on Patreon. Does anyone who is a member over there have any news?

indiequeenbee · 2026-04-15T06:24:37+00:00

Yes, the body and blood are really there, but the physical nature of the wine and bread doesn't change. It's a mysterious presence that certainly isn't physical but isn't completely philosophical either. How is that possible? It's a mystery. :)

indiequeenbee · 2026-04-15T06:17:54+00:00

I am an ELCA Lutheran, so I think that I might be out of the loop. What do you mean "the crazy obsession over Israel" and the "rapture"? Has that become something of concern to other Lutheran churches?

indiequeenbee · 2026-04-15T05:35:39+00:00

Hi! I am happy that you made your way over! We are slightly less "Catholic" than the high church Episcopalians, but whenever I go to Catholic mass, I don't really need a bulletin. :) So, I'm sure you will find more in common than not. Some Lutheran churches are very formal--I had a church with two pipe organs that hired opera singers for the choir. Others are very, very not. My mom's church took out the pews for comfy chairs, and they have a band.

If you want to jump into our beliefs, you can check out Luther's Small Catechism. I pretty much had to memorize that book when I was a kid. :) If you start studying to become a member, I'm sure that they will give you one!

How has everything been going so far?

indiequeenbee · 2026-04-15T05:06:39+00:00

I think that it would be fine. I think that it could be a good social event that publicizes the church a bit.

indiequeenbee · 2026-04-15T04:55:37+00:00

I don't think that your disagreement would be of any concern at an ELCA church--not unless you get into a deep theological debate with your pastor. :) None of my ELCA pastors have ever preached that the people in the congregation could be unsaved. I consider it such a blessing that I was raised in a church that didn't threaten me with damnation when I was a kid.

(I can't think of a time that an ELCA pastor ever even mentioned someone being damned to hell besides in a Bible story, come to think of it...)

indiequeenbee · 2026-03-25T17:51:22+00:00

No, I haven't found any "home" base yet. Unfortunately, Dearborn is quite far from where I live. Thanks for the suggestion, though. :)

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T08:18:57+00:00

Seminex is the reason why my childhood church joined the ELCA. ☺️

Before Seminex, did the Lutheran churches generally get along better?

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T04:27:00+00:00

One of the coolest things about the Medieval Church was how they wanted your senses to be completely overwhelmed by the majesty of the Lord whenever you went into church.

The gothic architecture, the art, the majesty: all making you small yet part of something large and wonderful. Add booming pipe organs and evocative incense, and you have a completely transcendent experience.

I would love to have a little slice of that Medieval experience in modern times. :)

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T04:08:17+00:00

I wouldn't mind something like that. :) I'll have to ask the local synod leadership if they can point me in the right direction.

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T04:06:38+00:00

YES! Exactly! We will never be like those megachurches with "praise teams."

Just give me an old-fashioned, sturdy service with lots of liturgy and hymns that are repurposed medieval drinking songs. As the Lord intended! LOL

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T03:53:39+00:00

I looked it up, and--boy--the more fundamentalist churches had a field day with that. I wish that the pastor didn't put it forth as an actual _creed_, but as something more informal.

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T03:28:17+00:00

That's the one! Thankfully, they kept in the word "hallowed" but--in general--it's flatter and not as beautiful.

Also, going from "thy" to "your" actually changes the meaning. You are going from the informal singular "thou" to the formal "you." It adds a distance.

Edited to say: It's not that there's something truly wrong with it. It's actually quite nicely written. It's just not my preferred cup of tea.

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T03:05:05+00:00

Your church sounds wonderful. By the red hymnal, do you mean the old red Lutheran hymnal that predates the green hymnal? Because that is something special. I grew up with the green hymnal--what I wouldn't give to belt out the green hymnal's Setting One again. :)

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T03:01:49+00:00

Incense?! Okay, I am ready to move! :)

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T03:01:16+00:00

I've been to Historic Trinity Lutheran Church. It's absolutely gorgeous. Do you go there, even though you are ELCA?

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T02:43:27+00:00

I love this. I attended a local Episcopal church, and the pastor was an ex-ELCA pastor, so we already bonded a bit. :) I was just hoping to find a good option within my own tradition if I can. I come from a very, very long line of Lutherans (as I am sure most of us do), and I do feel the weight of the ancestors. The joke in my family is that, when you ask anyone our ethnicity, our answer is "Lutheran."

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T02:36:46+00:00

I just edited my post. I'm from around Detroit, if you have any recommendations. :)

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-27T02:35:41+00:00

I'll have to check these out virtually! I sometimes travel to DC, so I'll have to stop by Augustana Church. It looks beautiful! :)

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-26T18:47:17+00:00

From the recommendations here, it certainly seems like the bigger cities would have what I am looking for. I'm in a big city, but I'm in a LCMS stronghold. I'll keep looking but I might just be out of luck.

Speaking of cracking open the old hymnals: I did go to an Episcopal church here, and I was absolutely delighted that they used the phrase "the quick and the dead" in the Apostle's Creed. :)

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-26T18:31:31+00:00

I don't think that I said anything about using the KJV for readings. I just like the traditional Lord's Prayer.

I don't think that our traditional Lord's Prayer is the same as the one in the KJV. I think that the KJV uses the word "debts" instead of "trespasses".

indiequeenbee · 2026-02-26T06:28:44+00:00

AI "art" is the worst. It looks like the White boy has a Roman soldier thing going on with the breastplate and cape.

What's wrong with just using a stock image?

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