“If The Lord Wills”

Back on December 9, 2019 LCC Board Chair Arnold Drung posted an article to the Candian Lutheran site titled "If the Lord Wills: A Report on Synodical Planning." The choice for this passage is based on the following paragraph: We remember the words of James 4:13-15: “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we...

Synod BOD Town Hall Meeting: My Response to Carl Vehse

In the article 'LCC Synod BOD Channels "Lucy with the Football"'  I discussed how the Synod BOD stated they were holding a town hall meeting at Leduc AB before changing the meeting format to what was in effect an after-church social with no advance warning. "Carl Vehse" commented on that post as follows. My response...

LCC Synod Board Issues “Mea Culpa” After Leduc Meeting

After the Leduc meeting the LCC Synod BOD sent the following email to the Western Region LCC members. I've also included an article about the meeting published in the Canadian Lutheran. April 11, 2019 Via E-mail To All West Region Congregations and Pastors, The Board of Directors of Lutheran Church-Canada extended an invitation to the...

LCC Board of Directors Wants to Hear From You / Part 2 – Conclusion

Part 1 of this series discussed the Synod BOD's "request for comments". Part 2 is one member's response to that request. To: Mr. Arnold Drung Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lutheran Church Canada From: Rev. Robert Clifford Pastor of the Hanover, Kincardine, Southampton, Ontario tri-parish It was good to see you the other weekend...

CEF/DIL: Lightning Round Mar 16, 2019

Growing up money was tight and nothing went to waste - especially food. When the end of the week approached and the fridge had accumulated an assortment of leftovers that wouldn't make a meal on their own, my Mom would take the lot, dump them in a pot, cook it, and "Mom's Surprise" would be...

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President on Abuse in the SBC

The following except is from an article written by Al Mohler who has been president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for twenty-five years. In his article The Wrath of God Poured Out — The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention, Al is discussing how the SBC has responded to reports of a high-level official's attitude...

Trinity Lutheran, Milwaukee WI – Rebuild Sir, Quickly

Trinity Lutheran in Milwaukee WI was constructed in the 1800s as a place to worship God and come together as a community of believers living out their faith. Generations of people were baptised, worshipped, married, and had their funerals inside this storied structure - until yesterday when a fire broke out on the building's roof...