As the descendent of some of the founders/organizers of the LCMS (CFW Walther and his cousin Carl Ludwig Geyer) I read your article on families with great interest. Some really good points were made and excellent insights were shared. Thank you for the posting.

Interestingly, I am not a member of your church. I have attended worship services of the LCMS, ELCA, and most Protestant and Catholic (incl orthodox, coptic, etc) churches seeking for truth through the many decades of my life. Numbers of good people have tried to help me understand the Trinity, but now that I am a grandmother - it STILL doesn't make sense. It's pretty clear that the Trinity is not an original doctrine of the Christian Church, and that it was replaced by the god of Aristotle, and the teachings of the NeoPlatonists. I have always known my Father in Heaven and He just doesn't fit the description of Deity you all embrace. Nonetheless, you carry on living good lives of grace and compassion and devotion to Christian ideals.

I discovered a dislike within myself for theologies which restrict themselves to the current canon of scripture and the writings of someone like Martin Luther. Who decided that God cannot speak to us any more? I have found through diligent search, prayer and learning a vision of God and His Son, Jesus Christ which offers much peace, and clarity of our purpose here. My Father does as he has always done, revealed himself to individuals and to prophets through the power of the Holy Spirit. So much had been lost, and now the Christian world limps along with a muddled understanding of who we are, why we are here and where we are going after this. There is a lack truth that cannot win people from the modern secular speculations and entertainments. This is part of why churches are losing so many members.

Thanks for reading this and thanks for being good people.