The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Annabelle: Bad Theology All Dolled Up
by Ted Giese Annabelle is the follow-up to James Wan’s horror film The Conjuring. This time out, Wan is a producer and not the director; Annabelle is directed by Wan’s cinematographer from The Conjuring, John R. Leonetti. The Conjuring introduced viewers to a creepy doll…
The Church’s Calling to Care for the Vulnerable
by Mathew Block Scripture is clear that the Church has a particular calling to care for the vulnerable. The Apostle James reminds us that “religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and…
New Nicaraguan Mission Plant in 2015
NICARAGUA – On October 21 Rev. Leonardo Neitzel, Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Executive for Missions and Social Ministry) met in Managua to discuss the creation of a new mission plant. Present for the meetings were Rev. Edmund Auger (LCC’s new regional mission overseer) and Rev. Dr….
Woman of Faith—Katie Luther: Reformer’s Wife
by Peggy Pedersen “I will cling to Christ as a burr clings to a coat!” With these words, Katie Luther gave up her breath to the Lord. On January 29, 1499, she had been born to an aristocratic family of diminished means and given the…
A week of prayer
by Glenn Schaeffer Martin Luther reminds us in his Introduction of the Lord’s Prayer in the Small Catechism that “God invites us to believe that He is our true Father and that we are His true children, so that with all boldness and confidence we may ask…
Prayer: More than a Convention Theme
by Paul Zabel The theme of our most recent Lutheran Church–Canada synodical convention was “Come to Him Who Answers Prayer.” As this convention is now past and a part of our church’s history, the three districts of our synod will now be earnestly preparing for…