The Canadian Lutheran Posts

January 16, 2020

Just two weeks to comment on expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying legislation

CANADA – Canadians have just two weeks to participate in a new online consultation while the federal government considers expansions to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). The consultation window will close January 27, 2020. In September, a Quebec Superior Court struck down parts of Canada’s…

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January 9, 2020

EDLYA’s year in review

EAST REGION – The East District Lutheran Young Adults (EDLYA) are a group that hosts four retreats a year at various churches in Lutheran Church–Canada’s East Region to encourage fellowship, new relationships, and growth in Christ. The winter retreat was hosted by Good Shepherd in…

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January 7, 2020

One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church: Going Out of Business?

by Harold Ristau With the decline of people in the pew, I have increasingly noticed in the smaller congregations that I visit a more “selective” passing of the offering plate along the pews after the sermon. Instead of passing it from one lap to the…

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January 6, 2020

2019 Manitoba-North Western Ontario Church Workers’ Conference

KENORA, Ontario – On Monday, October 7, seventeen church workers gathered at Luther Village for fellowship and a supper at the opening of the Manitoba-North Western Ontario Church Worker’s Conference. The opening service followed, at which Rev. Cameron Schnarr and Lutheran Church–Canada President Timothy Teuscher…

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December 30, 2019

Frozen II: Knee-Deep in a Religious Blizzard

by Ted Giese Frozen II, the sequel to Disney’s massive 2013 hit Frozen, sees sisters Queen Elsa and Princess Anna continue to grapple with Elsa’s growing magical powers. Set in the fictional mid-19th century Norwegian kingdom of Arendelle, the animated film solves the mystery of…

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December 25, 2019

An Exodus… An Incarnation

by Robert Mohns “But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of…

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