“If now I seek the forgiveness of sins, I do not run to the cross, for I will not find it given there… But I will find in the sacrament or Gospel the word which distributes, presents, offers, and gives to me that forgiveness which was won on the Cross.” (AE 40, 214)
We are getting to another problem at the root of the situation going on with
the Lutheran Carnival. It's a great idea, but no one wants to do the actual hard
work to make it truly great.
Elle, one of the great people at the
Lutheran Carnival, just posted on
"Bloghardt's Carnival" asking
me to do her work for her. I have tons of "confirming" I already get to do - for
my congregation and for HT.
Speaking of Higher Things: What if
Rev. Todd Peperkorn,
Rev. Marcus Zill, and
Rev. Dan Woodring said to one another, "This
Higher Things idea is great, who
can we get to do it for us?" HT would be like
Zill's Blog (161 days and counting
- SMILE). Thank God they didn't! It takes hard work, sweat, and tears to turn
good ideas into great things. It takes tons of work to turn an idea into "Higher
Things." (smile)
But the
Lutheran Carnival wants me to do their work for them? I guess I did kinda apply when my last post referenced seven different blogs (smile).
But, if lil old me, with all the work I have, can do a post referencing seven blogs,
just think of all that you can do with the Carnival!
Right now, the
Lutheran Carnival remains "Powered By Ego!" Can't you just see it?
A button on the bottom of the carnival saying "Lutheran Carnival
remains Powered By Ego" Bloggers submit their own articles; write their own
descriptions, so that they can attempt to increase web traffic.
That's comical (giant smile). "Powered by Ego." That sounds better than
"Powered-by-Someone-Else's Hard Work."
(smile)