The Canadian Lutheran Posts

May 2, 2022

I believe in the Resurrection of the Body.

by Thomas M. Winger Like many in my generation, I spent a lot of time in childhood watching classic cartoons like Tom & Jerry and Bugs Bunny. Their violence was sanitised compared to today’s offerings, and when characters were flattened by a falling piano their…

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April 26, 2022

Ukraine update from SELCU pastor, aid fund update from LCC

  UKRAINE – The following update is provided by Rev. Sergey Bevz, pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s partner church the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU) and was written on April 12, 2022: For the last six weeks the doors of Living Water Lutheran…

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April 25, 2022

The Paschal Pillar of Fire

by David Haberstock On Easter Eve, congregations introduce a new Paschal Candle. This is when the Church marks the beginning of the 2022nd Year of our Lord (Revelation 11:15).  About half the churches in Central Region have a Paschal candle. This was not always the…

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April 21, 2022

A Joyous Debt

by Robert Mohns Debt. Over the course of our lifetime, we can accumulate a lot of it. I am talking about our sin and the accumulation of the debt of guilt as a result of it. We have sinned against our God in thought, word,…

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April 20, 2022

Witnesses to the Resurrection: Honouring the Women at the Tomb

by Kelly Klages The angel said to the women: “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen…” (Matthew 28:5-6a) The women at the tomb, who had come to anoint Jesus’ body after His…

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April 19, 2022

The Eighth Day of the Week

by Timothy Teuscher A week, as we all know, is a seven-day period of time usually considered to extend from Sunday to Saturday. This pattern has been going on ever since the beginning of creation when God created the heavens and the earth in six…

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