Lutheran issues

Even though my christian journey began in an anglo-catholic-style congregation within the Scottish Episcopal Church, I was baptised and confirmed in the Norwegian Lutheran Church and has always been an official member there. But since the lutheran church was forced upon me and never managed to awaken my interest or open mind, I dicovered the christian faith outwith the church I "grew up" in. I wish to point out that my parents never went to church but once a year, so that would be a feasible explanation why I did not catch up with my religion before adulthood. Now that I am stuck with the Norwegian Lutheran Church I might as well make the best of it.

My main objection against the Norwegian Lutheran Church is that the Holy Communion is not celebrated at every (Sunday) service, but rather once a month. There is nothing "un-Lutheran" about the Eucharist, rather the contrary. It is a mystery why Norwegians can not get this into their tiny little heads.

This article/essay by Pastor Klemet Preus presents quite much that of my own view on the subject:

http://www.consensuslutheran.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=196&mode=thread

Lutheranism isn't a new religion, in short, it should (but seldom does) take all the good things from Roman catholisism only with the native language, take back the parts of the service that the medieval catholics omitted, and do away with the pope. That is Lutheranism in a nut-shell, but so far away from what is practiced in most churches today. I find this upsetting, irritating and demoralising. This has, of course, nothing to do with church music...