The Canadian Lutheran Posts

April 11, 2018

I know that my Redeemer lives!

by Thomas Prachar One of my favourite Easter hymns is a simple, easy-to-sing hymn that has been like a dear, old friend who visits often during the Church calendar, but especially at Easter. The hymn begins and ends with the phrase: “I know that my…

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April 10, 2018

Back to the Catechism: Table of Duties

by Edward Kettner This article reflects on the section of Luther’s Small Catechism dealing with the Table of Duties. Read the relevant portion online in contemporary English here. The Christian life is a life lived in community. Each person has a number of “callings,” or…

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April 10, 2018

When we grieve

by Darren Dressler You don’t need to be a hockey fan, have children, or be from Humboldt, Saskatchewan to have been deeply touched by the injuries and deaths from Friday’s terrible bus crash. We lament the loss of young lives we had hoped would flourish…

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April 9, 2018

The rumblings of the rolling stone

by Glenn Schaeffer Every year thousands of people climb a mountain in the Italian Alps passing by the Stations of the Cross to stand before an outdoor crucifix. One tourist noticed an indistinct trail that led beyond the cross. Fighting through a thicket, he discovered…

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April 6, 2018

On the first day of the week

by Timothy Teuscher “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, Jesus came and stood among them” (John 20:19). So we read in St. John’s Gospel concerning the first Easter—the appointed Gospel read every year on the Second…

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April 5, 2018

Giving thanks in all circumstances

LCC’s retiring mission executive reflects on his years of service. by Leonardo Neitzel Throughout his epistles the Apostle Paul does not tire in giving thanks to God even under persecution, imprisonment, unnumbered hardships, trials, and health problems. The Holy Spirit nurtured in him a positive…

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