The Canadian Lutheran Posts

March 7, 2019

In Review: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Fire-breathing family fun How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the third film in the animated How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, wraps up the loose ends for Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and Astrid (America Ferrera), and the dragon-loving Vikings of Berk. It also provides…

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March 6, 2019

In Review: Glass

This review contains spoilers Seeing Through Glass Glass (2019) is part three in a film trilogy by writer/director M. Night Shyamalan. This is the trilogy few expected to happen. Shyamalan gained notoriety as a filmmaker with The Sixth Sense (1999) and its clever twist ending…

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March 5, 2019

LCC International Mission Executive on hand for formation of Honduras Synod

In early February, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) International Mission Executive Rev. Mark Smith met with representatives of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua, along with members of the local mission, for the annual Central American FORO in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. At the…

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March 4, 2019

A Brave Journey: from the Sudan to Canada

CALGARY, AB – With hearts full of gratitude and faith the Calgary Circuit of Lutheran Church-Canada reports that the sponsored refugee family from the Sudan is making good progress adjusting to their new home in Canada. Eighteen weeks in Calgary—since their arrival May 31—has seen the…

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March 1, 2019

From the West Regional Pastor: Trees Endure for Generations

By: Rev. Robert Mohns Trees endure for generations. They present a powerful contrast with human mortality. “There is hope for a tree,” says the book of Job. “If it is cut down it will sprout again; Its tender shoots will not cease. If its roots are…

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February 27, 2019

Theological training for Haiti’s Lutherans

HAITI – The Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS), a listed service organization of Lutheran Church–Canada, has been supporting work among the Lutheran Churches of Haiti for many years. Much attention has been given to humanitarian aid, chiefly by sending shipping containers full of clothing, building…

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