The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Why should I go to church?
by Don Schiemann “Give me one good reason why I should go to church!” That’s a perfectly legitimate and valid question. It may have been in vogue to go to church 50 or 60 years ago; but, as most denominations will attest, church membership and…
Might meets humility
by Mathew Block I sometimes find myself wondering what it must have been like for Mary to be confronted by the angel Gabriel—to be going about daily life when the divine suddenly breaks in on the ordinary so clearly and undeniably. Here the supernatural trespasses…
Broadcast ministry identifies partners
by Larry Gajdos TORONTO, Ontario – Reaching out with the Gospel can be a daunting task. So it was for Lay Missionary Javed Akhter of Redeemer Lutheran (Hamilton, Ontario) as he struggled to share Jesus with the South Asian community in Hamilton and the Golden…
FaithLife Lecture to address Opera and the Christian faith
EDMONTON – The Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith (CCSCF), with the sponsorship of FaithLife Financial, will hold its annual FaithLife Lecture at Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA) on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Tegler Centre. The lecture…
Roman Catholic Church and International Lutheran Council to begin dialogue
by Mathew Block VATICAN CITY – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) have announced they will begin holding informal international dialogues. The announcement came at the end of November meetings in Rome between the ILC and the…
Call for prayer following tornadoes, storms in American Midwest
USA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is calling on its members to hold its American partner church in prayer following tornadoes and major storms this past weekend in the American Midwest. The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) reports that two of its churches were severely damaged during…