The Canadian Lutheran Posts

March 14, 2012

Two weeks in Africa: President Bugbee reflects

From February 23 through March 7, 2012, four representatives of Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) travelled to Africa as part of Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) Global Encounter program. Participants were divided into three groups, with each group visiting CLWR projects in one of three countries: Mozambique, Ethiopia, or…

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March 13, 2012

CREW Ministries reactivates summer team program

CREW Ministries has announced that they are returning to summer team ministry after a year sabbatical. CREW Ministries’ chairperson, Michael Schutz, said that a plan is underway to recruit and train summer teams to assist churches with Vacation Bible School and camp programs for summer…

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March 5, 2012

Review: The future of Lutheran education

Book Review:  Lutheran Education: From Wittenberg to the Future by Thomas Korcok Published by Concordia Publishing House, St Louis, 2011 by Ken Albinger, BScEd, MEd, EdD Is there a specifically Lutheran educational pedagogy (teaching methodology) that is to be preferred above all other methods? Dr. Korcok, a…

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March 1, 2012

Recount the deeds of the Lord

by Peggy Pedersen “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you” (Mark 5:19). There has been a lot of attention paid recently to journaling, recording family history, and scrapbooking of…

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February 28, 2012

The voice walking beside: Supporting those out in church

by Vic Esperanza When I was first approached to write an article for those in our church who struggle with sexuality, I had to give it a little bit of thought and a lot of prayer. Partly because I knew I would be writing an article…

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February 27, 2012

The voice inside: Who is listening?

  by Kim Goebel Every couple of years we see articles published and discussion arising about homosexuality and the Church. With the recent acceptance of practicing gay and lesbian ministers in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) reiterated its stance on the…

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