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Concordia University College of Alberta Suspends Church Work Programs
EDMONTON – In response to budgetary challenges and consistent low enrolments, Concordia University College of Alberta is moving to suspend its church work programs, including the Director of Parish Services, Lutheran Teacher, and Youth Ministry Certificate programs. Discussions are also taking place with Concordia Lutheran…
The “Right Side of History”?
by Robert Bugbee You may have missed this, because I don’t think anyone has made it into a specific marketing slogan. In recent years, however, prominent voices keep commenting on big decisions being made in society—for example, when marriage was re-defined in Canada, or when…
Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
by Ted Giese Ego front and centre Set against a Broadway adaptation of Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is the story of a fading Hollywood actor, Riggan Thomson, fighting to remain (or…
Chaplains’ counsel critical to the Army chain of command
NOTE: The following article comes courtesy of the Canadian Armed Forces. Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) clergy play an important role in our military’s chaplaincy, both in regular and reserve forces. In late 2014, LCC helped sponsor an exhibit in Toronto commemorating the role chaplains play in…
Remembering the Persecuted Church in congregational worship
ONLINE – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) has made available resources for congregations wishing to remember the plight of the persecuted Church in their worship services. “Given the recent and growing number of Christians killed for the sake of Christ, a congregation might wish to…
The Martyrs’ Message
by Mathew Block On February 15, Christians around the world shuddered as news of the Islamic State’s most recent atrocity was publicized. The terrorist organization released a video that day in which they beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians en masse. “Their only words were ‘Jesus,…
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