The Canadian Lutheran Posts

December 24, 2019

Help is on the Way

by Marvin Bublitz As I travel around the East Region, at times I need to stay in hotels. Some are in bigger cities and some in small towns. When I stay in places like Montreal or Toronto, it seems that all night I hear sirens—ambulances…

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December 24, 2019

God in a Box

by Timothy Teuscher “Post-modernism” is a word used to describe our society and culture here in the 21st century. In a book I recently read on this subject as it pertains to the mission of the church, the author describes post-modernism in these words: “It…

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December 20, 2019

‘Tis the Season: A Time for Giving, a Time for Children

by Thomas Kruesel ‘Tis the season… It’s an interesting statement about Christmas. It sums it up nicely without really saying anything about it. It can have positive connotations or negative ones, depending on the context. If we are standing in a long line up in…

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December 19, 2019

Christmas Services 2019

CANADA – Travelling during the Christmas holidays this year, and looking for a place to worship? Visit lutheranchurch.ca/find to locate a Lutheran Church–Canada congregation near you. Many congregations have special service times listed for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. If the congregation you’re looking…

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December 18, 2019

Fifth anniversary of rebooted University of Calgary campus ministry

CALGARY – Foothills Lutheran Church was originally named Varsity Hill Lutheran, and the first pastor, Rev. Paul Schmidt, was called in 1965 to be the part-time University of Calgary chaplain. The Lutheran students’ club had a designated room in the parsonage, with regular meetings there…

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December 17, 2019

Christmas Presence

by Mathew Block The Christmas story as it appears in St. John’s Gospel is not the version with which we are most familiar. There are no mentions here of Mary and Joseph, no angels singing to shepherds in the fields, no baby being wrapped in…

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