Doing the Business of the Church
In any team effort you have players on the field and players on the bench. Depending on the circumstances these players may be moved on and off the field as the coach sees fit in order to maximize the team's results. Somes players are changed because they need a rest, sometimes they're changed because the... Continue Reading →
One of the speculative real estate ventures ABC CEF engaged in was "Shepherd's Village Ministries" (SVM) (1) which, according to the KPMG Report: SVM's primary purpose was to build housing accommodations for mature adults, senior citizens, or the elderly. SVM built a seniors independent living facility in Valleyview, AB with that objective and the concept... Continue Reading →
The ASC application hearing that was originally scheduled for Dec 18, 2018 will now take place this coming Mon-Tue Jan 7-8, 2019. What is this hearing about, and why is it two days long instead of the original single day? Scuttlebut has it that the defence counsel really, really want to delay these proceedings until... Continue Reading →
You know the phrase "It's God's money, why are you mad?" that's been related from certain places with respect to the CEF/DIL losses? Would you believe it's a tactic used by abusers and their defenders to minimize what the abuser did in an effort to get the abuser off the hook? Here's a citation from... Continue Reading →
An interesting tidbit from the ABC District Convention Workbook is the section CONGREGATIONS/PREACHING STATIONS THAT LEFT LUTEHRAN CHURCH – CANADA The East Kootenay Parish – Immanuel Lutheran Church, Elkford, BC; Trinity Lutheran Church, Fernie, BC; Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Kimberly, BC; Mount Zion Lutheran Church, Cranbrook, BC; St. Peter’s Lutheran Mission, Invermere, BC – Voluntarily... Continue Reading →
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already in the ages before us. Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 If there's one lesson I repeatedly learn... Continue Reading →
If there's one thing that's puzzled me the most about the CEF disaster, it's Synod's reaction to it. Why is this problem being so studiously ignored? Why is confession and absolution being prescribed as the universal answer while the house-cleaning LCC so desperately needs has completely failed to materialize? Recently I came across an article... Continue Reading →
Following is a clip of the 2017 Synod convention passing Resolution 17.03.06 to Decline to Discuss CEF from Committee 3. Committee 3's proposal confined itself to how the ABC District's CCAA proceeding was being overseen by the courts and left out the ecclesiastical aspects (namely telling people their money was safe when they knew it... Continue Reading →
