The Canadian Lutheran Posts

March 4, 2014

A Presence to guide you!

by Paul Zabel During the first days of a new year, a terrible snowstorm descended upon a certain city, and people had much difficulty reaching their homes. The hills were blocked with long lines of cars and many had to be detoured on strange and…

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March 3, 2014

New LWMLC seminar encourages daily use of Lutheran Service Book

CANADA – Lutheran Women’s Missionary League–Canada (LWMLC) has released a new seminar, Heart Melody, to help Lutherans explore the Lutheran Service Book. The hymnal is a wonderful resource for daily life, LWMLC notes in a release. Not only is it used for worship in our…

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March 3, 2014

What’s God hiding?

by Don Schiemann 2013 will likely be known as the year of political scandals. In the Canadian Senate, two conservative and one liberal senator were investigated because of “irregularities” in their expense claims. In Toronto, the now-infamous Mayor Rob Ford has admitted to purchasing illegal…

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February 28, 2014

President Bugbee calls for prayer for Ukraine

UKRAINE – Conflict in Ukraine is ongoing, with recent news noting an escalation in tensions in the Crimea region. Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) partner church in Ukraine, the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ukraine (SELCU), has congregations in that region. What follows is a letter…

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February 28, 2014

O Lord, teach us to pray

by Robert Bugbee “And it happened while (Jesus) was in a certain place praying, as He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, ‘O Lord, teach us to pray…’” (St. Luke 11:1). The guy did not ask Jesus to teach about praying, as if…

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February 26, 2014

French and English Lenten devotions now available

ONLINE – Members of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have long been familiar with the Lenten devotions produced by Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM), thanks to the work of Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada in making copies of the publication available across the country. But this year, LCC…

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