How are the people who comprise the ELCIC, and others who care, praying for the Vancouver convention coming up in June? If I know how someone else is praying, it sometimes helps and encourages me in my own prayers. Here are some of the prayers of one, prayers that have to do with the foundation and root system from which Christian life and action grows. I’m thinking of “the foundation of the

Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do. (Jeremiah 42:3)The Prayer Subcommittee for Solid Ground has developed a couple of prayer resources. The Prayer Subcommittee hopes that these resources will be helpful in encouraging people to be in prayer for the ELCIC. The prayer service outline could of course be adapted. The prayer cards are designed to be easily

Often, high-wire circus performers stretch out a safety net during their aerial stunts. With that image in mind, we invite our Christian brothers and sisters to join in spreading the net of prayer beneath God’s holy Church in these uncertain times. As often as you can throughout the week, please set aside time for prayer.Know that in these moments of prayer, you will be joining with others who are

Almighty and eternal God, full of grace, mercy and love, we turn to you in the midst of sorrow and despair over what is happening in your Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and particularly in your Eastern Synod.We watch our leaders and councils and conventions as they bring us closer and closer to the edge, on a road that leads away from your Holy Scriptures and your will that has been so clear

(2nd Chronicles 7:14)Dear Fellow believers,Grace and peace to each one of you from God our Father and from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.As I travel and visit many different Lutheran churches, I always hear the sorrow in the hearts of people who express their concern for the direction the ELCIC is going. Our Church reminds me of a great ship in the ocean. It has hit a hidden reef and was damaged