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Post by homeschooldad on Feb 22, 2023 12:20:57 GMT
goodfaithmedia.org/yes-many-baptists-observe-ash-wednesday-too-cms-23941Yes, I was surprised by this too. This paragraph would get him in trouble with many an evangelical Protestant: I like the feel of the ashes on my forehead, the smell of burning candles on the altar, the look of the purple frontal (tablecloth) on the communion table and the sitting-and-standing routine in the order of worship that helps engage my whole being.Ashes... candles... purple altar cloths... sitting and standing... I can just hear the cries of "that's too Catholic". I can only hope and pray that, with an Italian name like LaGuardia, that he, like his namesake Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, was only raised in Protestant error, and didn't leave the Church himself. These days, though, you never know.
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Post by tisbearself on Feb 23, 2023 12:54:16 GMT
His blog indicates that his parents are the ones who bailed on the Catholic Church when he was a kid, and since then he's been all over the map:
"My own interfaith work, spanning over a decade, is bound up with my religious upbringing and experience. My parents moved from the Catholic Church to a Protestant one when I was born in New York. Later, upon moving to Florida, we attended a Southern Baptist church and then made our way to a Calvary Chapel led by a Cuban pastor. From there, in high school and the wake of Hurricane Andrew, we moved to Coral Springs, where I attended a multicultural, charismatic Presbyterian church in Pompano Beach. It was there that I was baptized, got married, and responded to a call in full-time ministry.
My multicultural, multiethnic, multi-Christian upbringing gave me a hunger to learn about the faiths of others. In college at Palm Beach Atlantic University, the college hosted Jewish-Christian dialogues with synagogues in Palm Beach. This exposure showed me the importance of interfaith immersion as a way to learn about one’s own faith and to understand the faith of others. I learned the importance of “faith seeking understanding” by befriending people of other faiths and listening to their faith stories just as much as I wanted to share my own faith story."
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Post by theguvnor on Feb 23, 2023 13:57:12 GMT
Mind you, Ash Wednesday is not universal among the apostolic Churches. I had to explain the whole thing with the imposition of ashes to my wife. It's not part of Orthodox tradition so when she noted I'd been to Mass when on Ash Wednesday when we were first married she tried to rub the ashes off and I noted since I was at home that day I would be letting them stay on my forehead for the remainder of the day. Family members thought it was hysterical and noted I should have let her know about the custom beforehand.
That pastor sounds like he has bounced around a fair bit. On the plus side, he might not end up repeating some of the more silly caricatures of other faiths people engage in. On the negative side, I can see the potential for trying to combine stuff that will not work well from various Churches and faiths.
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Post by homeschooldad on Feb 23, 2023 14:59:44 GMT
His blog indicates that his parents are the ones who bailed on the Catholic Church when he was a kid, and since then he's been all over the map: "My own interfaith work, spanning over a decade, is bound up with my religious upbringing and experience. My parents moved from the Catholic Church to a Protestant one when I was born in New York. Later, upon moving to Florida, we attended a Southern Baptist church and then made our way to a Calvary Chapel led by a Cuban pastor. From there, in high school and the wake of Hurricane Andrew, we moved to Coral Springs, where I attended a multicultural, charismatic Presbyterian church in Pompano Beach. It was there that I was baptized, got married, and responded to a call in full-time ministry.
My multicultural, multiethnic, multi-Christian upbringing gave me a hunger to learn about the faiths of others. In college at Palm Beach Atlantic University, the college hosted Jewish-Christian dialogues with synagogues in Palm Beach. This exposure showed me the importance of interfaith immersion as a way to learn about one’s own faith and to understand the faith of others. I learned the importance of “faith seeking understanding” by befriending people of other faiths and listening to their faith stories just as much as I wanted to share my own faith story."I didn't think to look for his blog. "Bailed on the Catholic Church"... sad. Got to wonder if they got caught up in the post-Vatican II confusion, and the radical transformation of the Mass, and just lost their way. While not questioning Vatican II as a legitimate council of the Church --- there's a lot of good to be found in it --- and not questioning the validity or liciety of the Novus Ordo Mass, adhering to the traditional teachings of the Church, and assisting at the Traditional Latin Mass, provides the rock of stability that so many are seeking, even if they don't know it. |
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Post by theguvnor on Feb 23, 2023 17:57:23 GMT
Just for a mild giggle - I notice one Irish site has put up an article about Lent but has turned it into, 'How our ancestors observed Len.' Poor Len, couldn't they give the man any privacy? I'm giving up chocolates and sweeties as I have been told off for over-indulging in them  |
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