Monday, July 27, 2009

Zen Lutheran of the month for July

"The only alternative to tradition is bad tradition."
--Jaroslav Pelikan (who really was a Lutheran, at least most of the time)

2 comments:

R. said...

I think I might agree. The difficulty I've encountered is helping people to see when their current tradition is actually a bad tradition, or at least an unhelpful tradition. Maybe that's a third category?

journeyman said...

The quote was taken from an interview with Krista Tippett on her show, Speaking of Faith. Do listen to the whole interview; it's quite something.