get real, get right
for you will not be distracted “Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition its bad name.” ~Pelikan in seminary we talk about all sorts of things that don’t matter For instance, did you know that worship has a four-fold shape? If you did, congratulations! If you didn’t, oh well… See, that’s thing, we learn this stuff that has little to no contemporary relevancy. well, let me nuance that a little It is important to learn the foundations. I had this great journalism professor in college, and she was fine with breaking layout and AP rules. There was one catch, though, you had to know what rules you were breaking and why. Ultimately I think that is why it is good to know the foundations. Tradition has power, real meaningful power. Rote enactment of tradition (i.e. traditionalism) is, well, boring. not only is it boring, it begs ir...