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The truth about Old Saint Nick : Why Turkey means more than Christmas dinner
by Jim Chliboyko “East of Marmaris the coast loses most of its wrinkles and the Greek Islands are left behind,” reads the dog-eared copy of Lonely Planet’s West Asia on a Shoestring. “The coast is sprinkled with ruins… and it’s studded with beautiful beaches and…
Seminary task force delivers report
Members of Lutheran Church–Canada’s Board of Directors received the long-anticipated report from the Task Force on Cost Efficient and Sustainable Seminary Education, December 2. The key recommendation is that LCC conduct seminary education on two campuses, St. Catharines and Edmonton, under a single administration, curriculum…
Lutheran filmmaker receives international film award
Canadian, Roberto Munoz, a Lutheran pastor, received a Redemptive Storyteller Award for 2010, in the professional category. The Redemptive Film Festival, held November 13 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, honoured his feature film, Under Jakob’s Ladder. “The film is both a personal and a Lutheran story;…
Cholera epidemic stopped in one Haitian province
Pastor Revenel Benoit reported from Haiti November 30 that the cholera epidemic has been stopped in Artibonite province where it began and raged for weeks. The Lutheran Church of Haiti (LCH) operated three clinics treating the sick and ministering to them spiritually. LCMS World Relief…
Denial and blame don’t work with God
by Don Schiemann Flight engineers had delayed the launch of the space shuttle Challenger a number of times. Finally, on January 27, 1986, in spite of frost and early morning temperatures at the freezing point, the countdown went ahead. At 11:38 a.m. EST, with millions…
Pastor receives military commendation for chaplain’s work
Rev. Vic Morris pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church in Penticton B.C., and a reserve military chaplain with the British Columbia Dragoons, was awarded the Commander’s Commendation by Colonel Bryan Gagne of the Canadian Army’s 39 Brigade Group headquartered in Vancouver. A chaplain before he came…
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