Doing the Business of the Church
Annnnnd - it's Fun Friday! Where we take a break from the seriousness of CEF, DIL, and other such stuff - lean back, consume a Lutheran Lemonade, and relax. This Friday's smile is a t-shirt I found on the internet. I can relate to this one as a church I once attended stood for the... Continue Reading →
After I posted CEF / DIL - ASC's Notice of Hearing "guest" of the CEF Investors Forum reacted with the following post: I am overwhelmed with so many emotions in reading this, relief, anger, sadness, shame, sorrow and even joy. I have never experienced such a complicated mix of emotions. Mostly though, reading this gives validation... Continue Reading →
After the ASC posted it's notice of hearing against the ABC District's CEF / DIL leadership, it was only a matter of time before the major news media got hold of the story and ran with it. This evening CTV News posted an article Lutheran Church accused of securities violations. The article covers the same points I... Continue Reading →
When you sell investments to the general public, there are rules you must follow to ensure that people make informed decisions with their savings and that what they buy is what they get. When you don't follow the rules, tell them one thing when the reality is something else, and deprive people of their investments... Continue Reading →
In LCC's Pollution Confusion I discussed how using the passage from Numbers to advocate against polluting the oceans was a confusion of the two kingdoms and had little if anything in common with the pollution World Oceans Day was intended to address. After the article was posted I got some pushback "What would you do?" and I'd... Continue Reading →
"Patrick" explains the trinity to two "simple" men. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8yuDXJB9BI
Recently LCC posted the following article to their Facebook group in honor of #WorldOceansDay https://www.facebook.com/lutheranchurch.canada/photos/a.448431991922194.1073741825.307839245981470/1583446091754106/?type=3 If you take a close look at the bottom you'll see a quote of Numbers 35:33. If you were the curious type like me you might wonder how this passage connects to World Oceans Day. Here's Numbers 35:30-34 with Numbers 35:33 in... Continue Reading →
As the restructuring process continues to work through all of LCC's Districts, each District has to answer the question of how to move forward - do they continue on? Do they wind things up? Is there a different option to pursue? And what do they plan to do about the situation Synod's put them in where... Continue Reading →
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