The Canadian Lutheran Posts

February 28, 2013

Interview with LCC chaplain

BURLINGTON, Ontario – In November 2012, Rev. Dr. Harold Ristau appeared as a guest on Canadian television program 100 Huntley Street to talk about his book At peace with war: A chaplain’s meditations from Afghanistan. That interview was recently made available to watch online. Padre…

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February 27, 2013

The Ladder and the Bridge

by Peggy Pedersen Most of us remember that old hymn “We are climbing Jacob’s Ladder,” but we forget that Jacob did not actually climb that ladder. Instead, the Son of God descended on it to bless Jacob. All religions except Christianity are trying to build…

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February 27, 2013

National conference to focus deeply on pastoral letter

CALGARY – Planning for Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) second national Pastors and Deacons Conference took a major step forward at a day-long meeting of the planning committee February 22 in Calgary. President Robert Bugbee and committee members, Rev. David Bode (Alberta-British Columbia); Rev. Arron Gust (Central);…

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February 26, 2013

Thoughts on the retirement of the Professor Pope

by John Stephenson After publishing three book-length interviews with his fellow-countryman in the Vatican (two with the cardinal prefect responsible for doctrine, the third with the Pope himself), German journalist Peter Seewald is now working on the biography of Joseph Ratzinger. After his last meeting…

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February 25, 2013

COP to tackle seminary recruitment

WINNIPEG – Lutheran Church–Canada’s Council of Presidents(COP) has turned its attention to the topic of seminary recruitment. The issue came up for discussion at the COP’s meeting in late September, 2011. “Recruitment of suitable seminarians is best not addressed through short-term programs,” First Vice President…

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February 22, 2013

Life in seminary

———- For our January/February issue, The Canadian Lutheran focused on how God calls pastors to serve the Church. To accompany Ed Kettner’s article on that topic, we interviewed four current seminary students to see what life in seminary is really like. Along the way, we…

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