The Canadian Lutheran Posts

December 23, 2010

Hot coffee warms Winnipeg commuters

About 35 morning commuters and neighbours took advantage of the hot coffee and cookies offered by LCC’s office staff in Winnipeg the week before Christmas. Most people were heading to catch the bus, others were from neighbourhood businesses. Going into the week, no one knew…

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December 23, 2010

Christmas Eve Service webcast

For the second consecutive year, St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stony Plain, Alberta will share its Christmas Eve service on line. The webcast begins at 6 p.m. MT (8 p.m. ET).

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December 22, 2010

God showed up for Christmas

by Robert Bugbee God showed up. That’s what you and I will celebrate again this Christmas. So will hundreds of millions of others around the world. God showed up. He didn’t show up as people expected. He certainly didn’t do it the way I would…

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December 21, 2010

How is peace possible?

by James Luke “Aslam-u-alaikum” “Shalom” These are two “magic words” used by our Muslim and Jewish friends when they meet their cohorts in faith. Both expressions mean “Peace be with you.” These words of recognition and reassurance are necessary in a society where every second…

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December 20, 2010

Christmas praise in three languages

What began as a first-ever French Christmas service for Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton became a multi-cultural event. The service, held Sunday, December 19 included French Christmas hymns, a Sudanese Lutheran choir from Grace Lutheran Church in Edmonton who sang in Nuer and a Christmas solo…

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December 20, 2010

Finding God

by Peggy Pedersen Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 The Word was made flesh, He lived among us, and we saw His glory, the glory that is His as the only Son of the…

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