The Canadian Lutheran Posts

December 13, 2012

Out of the darkness

by Vern Vansteenburg In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.  In…

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December 13, 2012

Christmas Eve worship online

ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada is again live-streaming Christmas Eve service online this year, with Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Winnipeg being this year’s host church. This is an excellent opportunity for shut-ins and others unable to attend worship in person to still take part in…

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December 12, 2012

A merciful incarnation

by Ted Giese By the mystery of Your holy incarnation; by Your holy nativity; by Your baptism, fasting, and temptation, by Your agony and bloody sweat; by Your cross and passion; by Your precious death and burial; by Your glorious resurrection and ascension; and by…

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December 11, 2012

Update on seminary cooperation

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. and EDMONTON – Almost 18 months have passed since a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Board of Directors and the church’s two seminaries: Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario….

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December 6, 2012

Joy comes with the morning

by Mathew Block O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, And death’s dark shadows put to flight. So goes a verse from the well-loved Advent hymn “O come, O come Emmanuel.” In the…

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November 29, 2012

Missions in Mozambique: The harvest is ready

MOZAMBIQUE – Mission efforts in Mozambique have reached a new milestone, as theological students there have issued a call to the Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brazil (IELB – Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil) for a full-time missionary pastor to come serve among them. The official…

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