The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Appreciation day for police and first responders
REGINA – An opportunity to learn, talk, hear stories, and share a meal together: this was again the aim of Mount Olive Lutheran’s annual appreciation meal for the city’s police and first responders, fire and emergency medical services (EMS), hosted on Wednesday, April 12, from…
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: Messy Heroes in Need of Mercy
by Ted Giese A botched kidnapping attempt by the golden-skinned alien Adam Warlock gravely injures the target, Rocket. With Rocket’s condition critical, Peter Quill (“Star-Lord”) and the rest of the Guardians venture into danger to save their friend in a showdown that sees them face…
CTCR Statement on Civil Obedience and Disobedience
Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) Statement At the March 2023 meeting of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s Board of Directors, the request was made of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) to review the 1966 CTCR document of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS)…
Age & Fragility
by David Haberstock We all love to complain about aches and pains as we age, at least until the aches and pains are strong enough that we say with the author of Ecclesiastes that the days are such that “I have no pleasure in them”…
We Value Relationships
by Timothy Teuscher We value relationships; that is, respecting one another as children of God, demonstrating love in all things because He first loved us.” This is the seventh and final value statement identified by pastors, deacons, and lay people from across our synod as…
On Barrenness and its Consequences
Thus says the Lord: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” – Jeremiah 31:15 There is a quiet, yet widespread dilemma afflicting North…