Houston: Monday

July 16, 2007 · Filed Under theology

Well, at least I’m getting this written up & posted on the same/actual day…

Today was a much less openly contentious day on the convention floor. Some interesting business was taken up & discussed (and the discussion was actually useful (!?!) in spots…

Perhaps of greatest interest was that I actually got up & addressed the assembly, once to call for a point of information, and then to make what was the final floor nomination of the day. (Btw, floor nominations, which were such a contentious & roundly smacked-down thing yesterday when they were for the Board of Directors & none got approved, were much more acceptable to the convention today. I have my thoughts as to why, but, like I said yesterday, I would prefer to hold off on stating them until after I’ve had a chance to more fully digest the whole convention experience…

I thought that the President of the AALC, with whom the convention approved full fellowship today, Rev. Aadland, gave an OUTSTANDING & wonderfully orthodox Lutheran address today immediately after resolution 3-01 passed. Watch the video — it was a very good address!

All that aside, it was a full day on the floor. It didn’t feel quite as long & arduous as yesterday did (and as I’m sure tomorrow will, with its evening session), and getting dinner before 8pm certainly helped.

And it was at that dinner that the most interesting thing happened. I can now say that I had dinner with Dr. Ralph Bohlmann. Or, at least, that I had dinner conversation with him (and the wonderful lady delegate from Iowa). Given his long & well-known history in the LCMS over the past 35 years, well, suffice it to say that it was an interesting conversation!

And with that little partial-anecdote, I will take leave until (most likely) sometime on Wed, although if I can manage it, I will certainly try to post something tomorrow/Tuesday.

-ghp

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