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Respecting life on Mars: The Martian in review
by Ted Giese Space exploration is dangerous, as Ridley Scott’s new sci-fi film The Martian illustrates. The movie tells the fictional story of astronaut Mark Watney, left for dead on the surface of Mars during an emergency evacuation of a NASA science mission. The stranded…
Concordia Lutheran Seminary seeking faculty member
EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton seeks to call a full-time faculty member specializing in the Old Testament. Candidates meriting serious consideration will be ordained pastors of Lutheran Church-Canada or one of its partner-churches who possess significant parish experience, an earned terminal degree (Th.D…
Advent Devotions from LAMP now available
CANADA – LAMP (Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots) has released their Advent devotional for 2015. “The Advent Season is the beginning of the church year and brings another chance to share our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ with the rest of the world as…
Restructuring process moves forward; Stahlke appointed CCMS Consultant
WINNIPEG – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Commission on Constitutional Matters and Structure (CCMS) met November 16 and appointed Rev. Dr. Les Stahlke of Edmonton as its consultant for the restructuring process now unfolding in LCC. Dr. Stahlke, CEO of GovernanceMatters, has participated in similar ventures for…
CLTS seeking award nominations
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Each May at the annual Call Service Concordia Luthern Theological Seminary has the opportunity to confer two major awards on worthy pastors or lay members of Lutheran Church–Canada. The recipient of the “Friend of the Seminary” award is nominated by the…
New Advent Devotions from Lutheran Hour Ministries
ONLINE – Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) and its Canadian partner Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada have released their annual Advent Devotional. Entitled Fear Not, the series runs from November 29 (the first Sunday in Advent) through January 6, 2016 (Epiphany). “How often do you face…