tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post4798795178800221161..comments2023-11-03T04:50:42.128-05:00Comments on Confessional Gadfly: What a thing is. . .Rev. Eric J Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-64689541866402955072009-05-28T22:12:50.789-05:002009-05-28T22:12:50.789-05:00I agree that people don't know precisely what Past...I agree that people don't know precisely what Pastors are there for often - and so we need to not be so. . . down. . . when "Name" is not requested but it's function is. A lot of the specific lingo we have lost in the US - so teach it, but don't worry if people don't jump full bore into it. There's nothing wrong with a person who thinks "Confession and Absolution" sounds strange or Roman Catholic coming for "counseling" and getting the same thing. That's the thrust.Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-84913939200763252102009-05-28T21:38:40.011-05:002009-05-28T21:38:40.011-05:00I wouldn't be so quick to chuck the names of thing...I wouldn't be so quick to chuck the names of things. Changing names is not going to bring people to the pastor. I think that people simply don't know how to use a pastor, or for what purpose we exist. That is a big part of it.Rev. Paul Beiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678751687495292703noreply@blogger.com