tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post8296788737178576965..comments2023-07-01T14:46:02.985-05:00Comments on Skating in the Garden in High Heels under my Alb.: Hans Nielsen Hauge, Renewer of the Church, 1824Pastor Joelle Colville-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06099855286381262526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-53116743881309953032016-03-29T08:39:52.989-05:002016-03-29T08:39:52.989-05:00the idea of evangelism scares a lotta folk, and th...the idea of evangelism scares a lotta folk, and that 's probably good, cuz the GoodNews-ing of folk, those speaking the Good News of Christ risen and alive, is not an ordinary conversation folks are used to engaging.<br /><br />whether or not seminary training is required is a question we like to debate, and probably will debate for the next while. power is conferred and transferred by the seminary system: vested powers dont accept challenge easily.<br /><br />Haugeians morphed over time into Anti-Authoritarians, i suppose. a strong Anti-Intellectual streak accompanies it. Americans have often demonstrated both the anti-autority and -intellectual tendencies, in public life and church circles. Someone with Charisma and Charm can wield great influence in those spheres even today. <br /><br />and CHANGE? we all want the "Next Better Thing" but we all mostly resist personal a nd corporate Changing! paradoxical beings: trapped in ourselves, as M Luther would point out.<br /><br />thanks, Pr Joelle, for this blog. well spoke, well thought.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547965195975483319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-81329599418163610282010-03-30T08:25:01.215-05:002010-03-30T08:25:01.215-05:00Interesting. I wonder how it is that people these...Interesting. I wonder how it is that people these days would even know about the origins of their own church. Maybe in some rural areas, the families have stayed the same. <br /><br />Our church here was founded by a Norwegian immigrant pastor, as were some in the outlying areas. He walked to the various churches, I've been told. I wish I knew more of the story. I knew his daughter when she was elderly, a good friend of mine. She died about 20 years ago. At that time, this church was slightly liturgical and I remember she said that it was more liturgical than her background. Now we are very liturgical, but we definitely don't resist change. We have lots of people from a variety of backgrounds who have joined when they moved here. It isn't a farming area. <br /><br />I know that we are much more liturgical than the churches my daughter serves, which are "Norwegian" churches. And it sounds like they do resist change. :-(LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.com