The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Good News to Proclaim!
by Arron Gust Recently the government of Canada passed bill C-384, a bill which allows Canadians the legal right to kill themselves. Interestingly, people on both sides of the issue remain upset. Those in support of physician-assisted suicide are upset because they feel the bill…
CLWR invites LCC congregations to submit proposals for Fort McMurray projects
ALBERTA – In response to the Fort McMurray Wildfire, Canadian Lutheran World Relief (LCC) is inviting Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) groups and congregations in Alberta to apply for funding for projects that will benefit the congregations and people of Fort McMurray. Funds will come from the…
The Conjuring 2: A scary religion roller coaster
by Ted Giese Horror films are not for everyone and neither are roller coasters. A “good” horror film is like a good roller coaster—it has twists and turns and loops in just the right spots. With The Conjuring 2, Director James Wan has constructed a…
Christian doctors challenge Ontario regulations on assisted suicide
CANADA – A coalition representing thousands of Christian doctors across Canada are challenging regulations in Ontario that would require them to participate in the provision of physician assisted suicide. The Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada, the Canadian Federation of Catholic Physicians’ Societies, and…
When I Doubt
by Mathew Block The thought arises unbidden and unwelcome. Maybe it comes on quickly. Maybe it comes on slowly—so slowly, in fact, that you never even suspect it’s coming, until one day you wake up and there it is in the back of your mind….
Ursula von Münsterberg
by Leah Block It was early October, the year of our Lord 1528. The evening was fine, but the light breeze carried with it a hint of the frost to come. The rising quarter moon cast a silver sheen over the stone walls of the…