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Rev. Robert J. Luidens — Altamont's Pastor Bob
Reverend Robert J. Luidens, affectionately known throughout Altamont as Pastor Bob, has written a memoir, “The Kingdom Will Come Anyway: A Life in the Day of a Pastor.” In 50 chapters that serve as parables — some of them light and humorous, others of them heavy and soul-searching — Luidens writes of becoming a minister and serving first in a rural Kansas community for three years and then for 31 years as pastor of the Altamont Reformed Church. In this week’s podcast, Luidens tells of how helping people through difficult times is humbling beyond measure. He also describes his world view, which does not hew to traditional church teaching and was shaped by his becoming a parent, and now a grandparent. He says, “God who is our parent, our father and mother, could never show preference for some and not others …. I believe in and through Christ every human being in the end will be drawn into the family of God for eternity and with one another.” His goal as a pastor, now retired, was not to frighten people into believing in Christ but to warmly welcome them.
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Daughter and mother coach dragon-boat paddlers
31:33Anna Judge and Louisa Matthew realize they live in an ageist and sexist society — but, with generous spirits, they are paddling against the current. The mother-daughter duo together coach a crew of dragon boat paddlers. Matthew, the mother, is an art professor at Union College. Judge, her daughter, is a certified personal trainer who led her mother into the sport. “A dragon boat is a 40-foot long, very narrow racing boat,” explains Matthew in this week’s Enterprise podcast. “That became standardized in the 20th Century but it’s based on a thousands-year-old Chinese tradition of racing the big rivers in China.” A dragon boat has 20 paddlers, two to a seat, with a person in the stern who steers and a person in the bow signaling directions, traditionally by drumming. “It’s the national sport of China,” said Judge “so it’s quite big in Asia and has subsequently spread to Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.” It came to the United States through Canada, she said, citing the work of a doctor in British Columbia who changed prevailing medical opinion on exercise for breast-cancer survivors.
Angelica Sofia Parker and Elca Hubbard prepare for a pageant while supporting each other
27:03https://altamontenterprise.com/07242023/angelica-sofia-parker-and-elca-hubbard-prepare-pageant-while-supporting-each-other
