President Kieschnick is not the only one wanting the “climate of distrust” gone from among us as LCMS Lutherans [“From the President,” August]. I, too. But how has this climate come about?
It has come about as one pastor and congregation practice open Communion week after week and a neighboring pastor and congregation don’t. It comes about when one pastor and congregation allow secular love songs to be sung at weddings and a neighboring pastor and congregation don’t. It comes about when one pastor and congregation permit an ELCA pastor to be part of an LCMS funeral service and another pastor and congregation don’t. It comes about when one pastor and congregation ignore a couple living together without holy matrimony and another pastor and congregation don’t.
As in marriage, trust is built and maintained by consistent practice.
Rev. Michael Brockman
Christ Lutheran Church
Hutchinson, Kan.
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