The Canadian Lutheran Posts

June 25, 2014

LCC chaplain receives one of the Armed Forces’ highest commendations

OTTAWA – On May 31, 2014 Rev. Dr. Chaplain Harold Ristau—a member of Lutheran Church–Canada—received the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) commendation, which is one of the highest recognitions in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).  Dr. Ristau was honoured along with 11 other military personnel…

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June 23, 2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2: Children’s fantasy, grown-up ideas

by Ted Giese Building on How to Train Your Dragon’s story of complimentary parts making a whole, and how a change of perspective can improve a person’s overall outlook on life, DreamWorks’ sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2 again focuses on themes of friendship,…

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June 20, 2014

A Call to Prayer in the Wake of the Moncton Tragedy

Dear friends of the Lutheran Church–Canada family, As delegates to our recent Tenth Convention were making their way to Vancouver, they—together with everyone in Canada—were shattered by news of the shooting deaths of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers in Moncton, New Brunswick. Our delegates…

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June 19, 2014

President Don Schiemann (ABC) will not stand for reelection

CANADA – As Lutheran Church–Canada moves on from its national convention (held in Vancouver in early June) and sets its sights on district conventions in 2015, it does so with the knowledge that change is coming: President Don Schiemann of the Alberta-British Columbia (ABC) District…

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June 18, 2014

Hands of Mercy

Editor’s note: Since the submission of this article, the provincial legislature in Quebec has passed Bill 52, which legalizes both euthanasia and assisted suicide in the province under a law that closely resembles the Belgian model. The Federal Government has announced they may challenge the…

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June 16, 2014

Standing on guard

by Mathew Block It’s become almost commonplace to note that Canada is not the nation it once was. We have quickly become a post-Christian society—a nation which counts Christian faith as part of its history but not its future. Last year, Statistics Canada announced that…

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