Who are the Lutherans

As long as we're on the subject of Lutheran doings this morning, here is a YouTube video using a song by Lost and Found to run through a list of notable Lutherans.  One notable Lutheran not mentioned is Congressman John Shimkus of Collinsville.

Thanks to Quincy Pundit for this link.

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[Phil]

Of course, one of the more famous 'Lutherans' listed (for radio fans) is Garrison Kiellor. He actually grew up Plymouth Brethren and is currently Episcopalian. But he did go to a Luther church for a little while, and has great things to say about Liturgical worship:
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His words from Christianity Today, 2006.
"Having grown up in the Evangelical, sort of free-form fundamentalist church, I love the liturgical church where we say words together that are not my words and not your words. That really means a lot to me. I grew up listening to men stand up and invent prayers and the idea was that the Spirit was leading them, but in fact they were composing them in their heads and they were writing in a kind of faux King James style—big prayers and they were impressive, and they were seeking to impress, there is just is no other way around it.

And in the name of Devotion they were doing these big set-piece prayers in which they were bringing in stories from Scripture and admonishing people—that's not prayer. But, when we kneel down and go through a list, and we begin with prayers for leaders of our country and for the nations of the world and then we come down to prayers for other churches and for bishops and priests, and then we come down to those who are in need and those who are sick and we think or we speak their names—to me this is prayer. This is prayer in which one throws oneself before God without a heroic pose."
http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/interviews/garrisonkiellor.html

[Wife of Displaced Texan]

I've always liked Lost and Found--they were fun to see when they came to campus and youth gatherings.

[Kahok]

Thanks, Diane,that was interesting.