The Canadian Lutheran Posts

November 17, 2020

LCC seminaries release print-at-home 2021 liturgical calendar

ONLINE – For more than a decade Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario, has offered Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregations a liturgical wall calendar. In recent years, the seminary has worked alongside Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta, to put together this calendar…

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November 10, 2020

“Immanuel” – God with us veterans of the past and present

  by Harold Ristau You have probably heard the story about the series of temporary truces between British and French allies and German troops along the Western Front of World War I, around Christmas of 1914. The thought-provoking French film, Joyeux Noël, is a worthwhile…

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November 5, 2020

Questions Concerning The Church & Mental Suffering, New Resource in Church Worker Wellness

ONLINE – Church worker wellness is one of the many issues that has been magnified amid the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as it pertains to matters of mental and spiritual health. The President’s Ministry Council (PMC) released a letter in May of this year encouraging Circuit…

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November 3, 2020

Gentleness & Respect: Scriptural Strategies for Respectful Discussion

by Terry Defoe, Garth Huber, and Brian Wonnick Controversial topics in life are many and the list is long: global warming, science and faith, abortion, medically assisted suicide, politics, and more. The number of controversial subjects seems to be growing while, at the same time,…

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October 30, 2020

Deacon publishes devotional book

SARNIA, Ont. – Dcn. Brenda Ryan, a former Director of Parish Services, recently published a book, Journey through the Bible, to guide readers through the entire Bible in 406 days. Self-published through Friessenpress, the launch was held at her home congregation, Redeemer Lutheran Church in…

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October 27, 2020

The Canadian Lutheran celebrates 50 issues with editor, Mathew Block!

CANADA – This September/October 2020 issue of The Canadian Lutheran magazine marks the 50th issue of the magazine to be published under the editorship of Mathew Block. Block has a long history of communications work for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) and Confessional Lutheran church bodies worldwide….

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