The Canadian Lutheran Posts

February 21, 2014

Reviewing 12 Years a Slave

by Ted Giese Based on Solomon Northup’s 1853 book of the same name (co-authored with David Wilson), 12 Years a Slave recounts the story of Northup, a man kidnapped and sold into slavery. It recounts his life as a slave and his eventual redemption from…

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February 21, 2014

Lutheran Braille Workers-Canada winds down operations

CANADA – After 40 years of providing free Christian reading material for the visually impaired, Lutheran Braille Workers-Canada (LBW-C) is ceasing operations. The ministry in Canada first began at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Elmira, Ontario in 1974 in conjunction with the US-based Lutheran Braille…

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February 19, 2014

Dr. Kettner to retire

EDMONTON – Rev. Dr. Edward Kettner has announced his retirement from Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) at the end of the current academic year after 27 years teaching there. “Since I joined the faculty at the beginning of the fourth academic year, and we are now…

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February 18, 2014

A table for the Lord’s house

by Leonardo Neitzel It’s remarkable how the Lord provides His people with good gifts and works through the seemingly small actions of his servants. Members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Winnipeg saw this clearly in December, when a table was dedicated for use in the…

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February 14, 2014

Dr. Lehman recovering after surgery

EDMONTON – Over the past week, we have been reporting on the health of Dr. Edwin Lehman, President Emeritus of Lutheran Church–Canada. Following hospitalization at Grey Nuns Hospital for an infection, Dr. Lehman was moved to Edmonton’s University Hospital where he was diagnosed with cancer…

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February 14, 2014

LCC’s seminaries meet, report answered prayers

EDMONTON – A joint meeting of Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) seminaries’ Boards of Regents was held in early February at Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton. The gathering was chaired by CLS Board of Regents Chairman Rev. Darryl Sole, and for a part of the meeting…

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