The ABC Board of Directors’ Conflict of Interest With Its Membership
In a previous article I wrote about a letter sent by the ABC District 2018 BOD Chair Pr Kubke to the ABC District membership. Something about the letter got me thinking so I went back and reviewed some of the 2015 ABC District BOD's actions and compared them with the letter Pr Kubke sent. I... Continue Reading →
ASC orders Calgary man to repay $3.2M
Misled investors? Check. Unlawfully sold investments? Check. Squandered investors money? Check. Wasted the life savings of elderly retirees? Check. No, I'm not talking about the ABC District CEF/DIL yet - but their day is coming. This is the case of Vernon Ray Fauth who was convicted of multiple securities violation by the ASC. The ASC... Continue Reading →
Diane Langberg Quote of the Day
https://twitter.com/DianeLangberg/status/1138194222765498368 More on this later...
CEF/DIL: ASC vs LCC et al
Last August 2018 the ASC held a meeting to determine the date for the hearing to consider the case against the various respondents. In Jan 2019 counsel for the respondents and some non-party people defending against a representative action tried to delay the case and were turned down. A little while later counsel for the respondents appealed... Continue Reading →
CEF/DIL: Deloitte (Re)Publishes An Old Document
If there's one thing that can be said for this whole CEF/DIL mess is that it's attracted a considerable amount of time, attention, and expenditures. There's accountants, lawyers, courts, and the mass news media that's involved in this, and a number of them maintain websites where they publish their various reports and updates. Since checking... Continue Reading →
Good Friday: “It is Finished”
This is a repost of an article I published for Good Friday 2018 - it's as applicable now as it was then.  ANO As one of my areas of interest is justice and injustice in a Christian context, it's easy to get frustrated about the church's inability to deal with clear violations of church teaching.... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
LCC Board of Directors Wants to Hear From You / Part 2 – Conclusion
Part 1Â 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... Continue Reading →