The Canadian Lutheran Posts
One week left to comment on allowing advance requests for Medical Assistance in Dying legislation
CANADA – The federal government launched an online questionnaire in December on the topic of allowing advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAiD), which will close on February 14, 2025. The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), of which Lutheran Church–Canada is a member, provides Ten…
Veritas and Caritas United: A Confessional Lutheran Approach to Missions
by M.L. Smith The mission of the Church is fundamentally rooted in the proclamation of God’s Word and the extension of His love to a world in need. As confessional Lutherans, we understand the relationship between Veritas (truth) and Caritas (love/charity) as inseparable and complementary…
Online Vespers in French gain traction across Canada and beyond
ONLINE – During the pandemic, Rev. David Milette of l’Église luthérienne du Bon Berger (Moncton, NB) began providing online weekly Vesper Services in French. Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) Missionary-at-Large (MAL), Rev. Dr. David Somers, joined forces with Rev. Milette and the evening Office became a regular…
Call for CLS president continues
EDMONTON – Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Kloha has declined the call to serve as the new president of Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS). CLS asks for prayers as the seminary’s Board of Regents, along with the Search Committee, continue to discuss further steps in the call process….
Announcement: LCC Seminaries’ Boards of Regents and PMC to meet
The Boards of Regents from both Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) seminaries have their joint meeting on February 4-5 in St. Catharines, Ontario. LCC’s President’s Ministry Council will also be attending for a portion of the meeting. Please remember in prayer all attendees as they consider important…
Gladiator II – Retrograde Heroism: From Virtue to Vice
by Ted Giese Gladiator II is set about around the year 200 A.D., around twenty years after the events of 2000’s Gladiator. Director Ridley Scott again gives audiences a man with a secret past and a dead wife travelling on a grief-stricken path of vengeance…