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Selfless love
by Don Schiemann The Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year award for 2013 goes to the word “selfie.” The official definition given by Oxford is: “A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a…
LCC convention to welcome international visitors
WINNIPEG – Guests from several countries will attend Lutheran Church–Canada’s 10th national convention at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in June. The event will welcome representatives from confessional Lutheran church bodies in Australia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and the United States. “Our Canadian church deeply…
Noah: a creative writing project
by Ted Giese Darren Aronofsky has opinions about the Noah story and he’s not afraid to let the world know what they are. They inhabit Noah in such a way that almost everyone who sees this film will walk away either scratching their heads or…
Edmonton seminary to honour German bishop
EDMONTON – The Rev. Hans-Jörg Voigt, Bishop of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (SELK), will receive the honourary Doctor of Divinity degree at Concordia Lutheran Seminary’s Sacred Convocation in late May. News of the seminary faculty’s action in granting this honour was recently…
Jesus’ right-hand man
by Mathew Block You can understand why the other disciples were angry. James and John had approached Jesus in secret and asked to be given authority above the rest. “Let one of us sit at your right,” they requested, “and the other at your left…
Convention workbook now online
WINNIPEG – The workbook for Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) upcoming convention is now available online. The workbook contains reports from various LCC-affiliated agencies, including synod’s officers, boards and commissions, the three districts, synod’s educational institutions, and LCC Auxiliaries and Listed Service Organizations. It also includes overtures…