The Canadian Lutheran Posts

April 25, 2023

West Regional Mission and Ministry Committee meets

VANCOUVER, B.C. – From February 24-25, 2023, members of the West Regional Mission and Ministry Council (RMMC) met for worship, relationship-building, orientation, decision-making, and planning for future work, graciously hosted by Killarney Community Lutheran Church. This was the first in-person meeting since new members were…

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April 24, 2023

Catechism as pattern of the universe

by David Haberstock God our Father created the universe by speaking it into existence, and by doing so He established meaning and order in all things. We live in the aftermath of the modern era, in which society’s understanding of the world is rooted in…

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April 21, 2023

Second annual pastors’ Respite Retreat

ST. ALBERT, Alta. – The second Respite Retreat for pastors was held from January 31 to February 2, 2023, at the Star of the North Retreat Centre in St. Albert. There were 19 attendees this year, mostly from Alberta, although there was one attendee from…

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April 20, 2023

Shadows and Substance: Christ’s Better Sacrifice

by Thomas Winger Persecution was a vivid memory and now loomed again on the horizon. They had not yet suffered to the point of shedding blood (Hebrews 12:4), but they bore the scars of public ridicule, plundering of property, and imprisonment (Hebrews 10:32–34). The epistle…

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April 19, 2023

Bach concert at Mount Olive kicks off 70th anniversary celebrations

REGINA – A Bach organ concert on February 18, 2023, was the first event in the festivities for the 70th anniversary of Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Regina. Rev. Paulo Brum, master of music and pastor at New Beginnings Lutheran in Regina, brought an international-class…

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April 17, 2023

What can I do?

by Marvin Bublitz I found myself asking that question again when I was talking with a friend who had been diagnosed with cancer: I said what I have said countless times to others in 32 years of ministry, “What can I do?”  After we finished…

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