It is with great surprise and joy that I find that a post in 2012 linking to another blog turns up a site that is still operating. Even more amazing, his post for 9/3/25 draws heavily on mine from 9/1/25.
Things Have Changed. It's going up on the Sidebar immediately, so I don't forget. He has a good deal more artwork than I do, and more discussion of popular music. I was entertained by everything I saw, which means I agreed with it at least 75% as well, because I am not good at appreciating the structure or beauty of something that is just plain wrong.
I told a Lie in 2012. Sometimes such things haunt me, but not this one, probably because I was mock-apologising at the time anyway.
Reconsideration. It's about looking back at being Lutheran in 1981. So you get to look back at me looking back. Worse, I was writing the history of the congregation at the time, so today you get to see 2025 looking back at 2012 looking back at 1981 looking back at 1950-1980.
Lyrics We were more sophisticated in the old days.
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My birth church, which I mentioned in a comment on that post, just celebrated its 125th anniversary this year. In reflection I am somewhat surprised the congregation has lasted given that there were at least four other ELCA (eventually) Lutheran churches within a 10 mile radius when I left home, plus several more churches of varying Protestant denominations (2 Methodist, 1 Reformed, among others). It looks like several have closed or combined in recent years.
In my case, the old ELCA church is closing and merging with the Episcopalians downtown.
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