tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post3876435452270240140..comments2024-01-05T15:54:09.135-06:00Comments on RAsburry's Res: Does this one count?Randy Asburryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01545983197990430420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post-14772786914911963382008-04-09T13:18:00.000-05:002008-04-09T13:18:00.000-05:00Susan,Good thoughts! God give you patience and cou...Susan,<BR/><BR/>Good thoughts! God give you patience and courage in your phone calls. :-)Randy Asburryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01545983197990430420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post-41006735120883454122008-04-09T10:21:00.000-05:002008-04-09T10:21:00.000-05:00I think--and pretty firmly--that I was the only me...I think--and pretty firmly--that I was the only member of my congregation who listened to Issues, Etc., or even knew what it was. I think I'm the only member who visits Lutheran blogs, or blogs, period, and knows for certain what they are.<BR/>My pastor did sign the petition (he informed me of the show's cancellation on Holy Tuesday), but I don't know that he was a listener, but that only because of the demands of his work, and because we don't get it by radio here in Mississippi, but over the net. One has to be seated at one's computer to listen, either to the streaming broadcast or to the archives.<BR/>So it's hard to say how many people nationwide and worldwide listened, in some manner or form.<BR/>So far, the petition is the only way I know of to get an inkling of the show's impact, and my instincts tell me it was only going to increase in following, in impact, and in the appreciation of its listeners for its message and its hard work.<BR/>I can't think of anyone who worked harder at Gospel proclamation than Todd Wilken. Just the prep he did for interviews, the books and articles he had to read, the sermons he had to listen to, and the sheer volume of things he had to know and to be aware of, just to make it all Christ-centered and cross-focused--an amazing resource in just one humble, able man.<BR/>It still smarts so, just to think of what they've done.<BR/>Pardon me while I make some more phone calls.<BR/>Susan in TupeloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com