Martin Luther once said: “The world is like a drunken peasant. If you lift him into the saddle on one side, he will fall off on the other side.” These are the chronicles, thoughts, and questions of a Lutheran pastor just struggling to stay on his theological horse, and not fall off one side or the other.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
New Humanistic Temples
As I was driving home from church today, I heard a report on the radio that some Funeral Homes are beginning to branch out in an effort to expand their business. What are they doing? Weddings! The story noted that "for funerals you need pall bearers, and for weddings you need groomsmen" - a need not so very different! Plus, many funeral homes have the facilities - chapels - for the service. Is this a trend that will catch on? Who knows. But it seems to me that here is the rise of yet another "do-it-yourself, define-it-yourself" church. A humanistic temple, where God can be whoever you want him to be.
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But will the funeral director dress up as Elvis?
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