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Words of life in a dying world
by Don Schiemann As a pastor, I have often been called to the hospital when a church member is close to death. There are a number of Bible passages I read to the dying to comfort and strengthen them in their last hours—in some cases,…
An Easter greeting from President Robert Bugbee
The Resurrection of Our Lord April 24, 2011 Dear people of God: I want you all to know how grateful I am to be a member of Synod’s family. The joy being preached and sung in your church today, wherever you are, brings me gladness,…
Easter promise – Easter joy
by Thomas Kruesel The assignment for this article couldn’t have come at a worse time. And the ASAP deadline didn’t help. “At least,” I told myself, “I have a clear deadline!” The request arrived early in Lent, at the start of a week that included two…
Commemorate Good Friday then Earth Day
by Ian Adnams By some strange coincidence, this year Good Friday, the day Christians remember the death of Jesus Christ for the salvation of humanity, is also Earth Day, the day environmentally-minded people encourage us to focus on ways to preserve God’s creation. The lead-up…
The end and the beginning of Easter
by Peggy Pedersen “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die (John 11:25-26). Do you believe this?” The thing about death is the regrets….
Welcome to a Holy Week life
WINNIPEG – More than 200 members of Lutheran Church–Canada congregations in the Red River Circuit (Winnipeg and area) gathered Sunday, April 17 for a Tenebrae Service at Saint James Lutheran Church. The evening service featured a mass choir, string and woodwind ensemble, and readings by…
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