LCC Synod in Convention: Lightning Round

Greetings fellow LCCers! Ordinarily I'd let my 4-parter on Synod's convention publish under the original one-a-day schedule and then work on some other topics I have sitting in my queue.  Then I got some comments to part 1 that resulted in a post I felt important enough to publish in a "lightning round" post. Parts...

CEF/DIL: The Wheels of Justice Grind Slowly

It's said that the wheels of justice turn slowly because of how fine they grind. This is a good thing because a just system needs to correctly discern the good from evil so it can protect the good while holding the evil to account. Almost eight months ago in Sept 2019 the ASC settled with...

“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...

Restructuring: Not What We Envisioned

Recently Grace Lutheran Church, Regina Saskatchewan made the following FB post: A note from Rev. Timothy Teuscher, President of Lutheran Church Canada During this time of restructuring of our synod, communications remain one area of major concern. Here in the synod office, we recognize that things have not progressed in the way we envisioned. I...

This site can’t be reached

Recently I read a note from SP Teuscher to the Synod members that looked like grist for the mill for this blog, so I went to the Canadian Lutheran website to see if  I could find the article in order to link to it. This is what I saw:  Naturally I then tried the Lutheran...

LCC BOD Town Hall Tonight / May 23, 2019

Redeemer Edmonton just posted the following notice to their FB page: Speak your mind and be heard at the LCC Town Hall Meeting tonight. All are invited to attend. Venue is Concordia Lutheran Church in Mill Woods (5420 19a Ave NW); meeting starts at 7pm. Synod President Timothy Teuscher, BOD Administrator Dwayne Cleave, and Regional Pastor Robert...

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 BOD Channels “Lucy with the Football”

The "Peanuts" cartoon strip was a long running cartoon that was serialized in various newspapers for fifty years and was arguably the longest running story told by a single human being.  When any comic strip runs that long its almost certain that particular gags will recur, and one such gag is the one of Lucy,...

LCC Convention’s Response to the CEF Scandal

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...

ABC District 2018 Convention Update #2 Retraction

This is a follow-up to Update #2 where I discussed the implications of the convention delegates being separated by clergy and lay status. I wrote that article on the basis of what I believed was a report by an convention attendee. I have since gotten confirmation that the separate seating did not happen and the...