[fishertw]

Hey, what do you expect? I am a retiree. I relocated to central Florida and purchased a home in a development that is ensconced in a golf course and what is effectively a nature preserve, with several beautiful nature trails that are just begging to be explored. Leisure rules and the clothing I kept (after the move) and wear regularly reflects that reality. My daily uniform consists of chinos, vented fishing shirts, with the sleeves rolled to the elbow (I think the count is up to 17 at this point), and boat shoes or penny loafers. Suits and sport coats are reserved for Sunday services and even then, I am part of a very small minority that is wearing anything more than the casual wear that I described as my Monday through Saturday uniform(s) or, even worse, shorts and printed T-shirts! Five suits and perhaps 9 sport coats remain in my closet, mostly unworn. I fear that inventory of more dressy garments will continue to shrink as time passes. Egad...I think I may be going native! LOL.

My experience is almost exactly like Eagle's except that I have not moved out of the college town where I worked for 36 years. Daily wardrobe is washed khakis, polos in summer, LL Bean non iron OCBD in winter with sweaters and boat shoes or Timberland's with a tread for icy weather. Suits are down to five and sport coats are about ten in number and I've added a couple of "travel sport coats" that have several secure zippered pockets to hopefully ward off pickpockets when we're in Europe. I'm one of about two fellows who now wear a tie to church and our priest told both of us about two years ago, "hey- it's hot- you don't have to wear even the seersucker jackets now" Needless to say, we both resisted. Ive recently learned that he's not well and I may soon be the lone dinosaur in our parish. Not planning on checking out anytime soon but may well be a "singleton" in dressing for church.
SO BE IT!

 

[fishertw]

When a succession of preachers stopped wearing suits and french cuffs, swapping these for jeans and untucked OCBD shirts, my faith was shaken. When "praise music" replaced the old standards, I cashed in my membership as a Southern Baptist and fled the country.

As we are all aware, Jesus wore a tie. He also does not want to be my boyfriend.

Cheers,

BSR

I'm not crazy about bongo drums and git-tars in church either.

 

[fishertw]

It's funny you say that. I happen to be Southern Baptist. I play git-tar in the evil praise band. Our pastor does not wear suits, but he does wear a shirt and tie for the contemporary service and dons a jacket for the traditional service-that way the old folk don't have a premature meeting with our Lord and Savior.

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[fishertw]

To each his own.

 

[fishertw]

I'm still trying to determine why a creator God would create us as broken vessels and then command us to be made whole through redemption, with some predestined to fail in this journey. Bad luck for them.

I would have much preferred to have been created perfect from the outset and avoid all the trouble. From my read, we are still on humankind version 1.0 Noah which was seen as rather glitchy from the get go.

A new faith...

Those wearing ties to church should be first in line for salvation with those dressed to mow the church lawn cast into a lake of fire?

Organist saved, bongo "players" damned?

White shoes outside of Easter/Memorial Day....firey furnace for certain?

Hands kept firmly at ones side during the invitational hymn with violators left to clean up after Wednesday night supper?

Brown shoes with black belts cast into purgatory?

Or we could learn to proceed in life with our sense of humor as our shield and our ability to be self deprecating as our flaming sword leaving our breast plate of self righteousness somewhere along the side of the road to Damascus.

Cheers,

BSR

 

[fishertw]

I'm still trying to determine why a creator God would create us as broken vessels and then command us to be made whole through redemption, with some predestined to fail in this journey. Bad luck for them.

I would have much preferred to have been created perfect from the outset and avoid all the trouble. From my read, we are still on humankind version 1.0 Noah which was seen as rather glitchy from the get go.

A new faith...

Those wearing ties to church should be first in line for salvation with those dressed to mow the church lawn cast into a lake of fire?

Organist saved, bongo "players" damned?

White shoes outside of Easter/Memorial Day....firey furnace for certain?

Hands kept firmly at ones side during the invitational hymn with violators left to clean up after Wednesday night supper?

Brown shoes with black belts cast into purgatory?

Or we could learn to proceed in life with our sense of humor as our shield and our ability to be self deprecating as our flaming sword leaving our breast plate of self righteousness somewhere along the side of the road to Damascus.
And no seersucker after labor day!
Cheers,

BSR

 

[fishertw]

To me, it's not about religion but respect for the institution, whether I am visiting collegiate offices where i used to work, a nice local restaurant or my church.
I respect the institutions and since I was raised (reared) to show respect in the way I was shown, I feel it incumbent to be true to myself and to those who i feel are important to me.