The Canadian Lutheran Posts

October 26, 2021

The Journey Through Grief

  by Michael Keith You don’t get over it; you get through it. As a pastor I have journeyed through the valley of the shadow of death with many people. The loss of a loved one leaves us profoundly hurt and broken. We experience emotions…

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October 25, 2021

Mission congregation hosts installation of LCC’s newest Missionary-at-Large for the francophone community

by David Somers QUEBEC CITY, Que. – On October 3, 2021, the congregation of Sainte-Trinité in Quebec City, hosted the installation of Rev. Marco-Antonio Jacobsen as assistant Missionary-at-Large for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s French Ministries. Sainte-Trinité was formed through the cooperation of half a dozen or so…

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October 20, 2021

Return to the Lord your God

by Robert Mohns “‘Yet even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.’ Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to…

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October 19, 2021

LCC Seminaries: Call for nominations for honorary awards

CLTS (St. Catharines) CANADA – Each May at its annual Call Service, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines) has the opportunity to confer two major awards on worthy pastors or lay members of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC). The recipient of the Friend of the Seminary award…

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October 18, 2021

Faith and Suffering

by Richard Beinert In the Middle Ages, it was not uncommon for people to use images of the instruments of Jesus’ torture and suffering as the basis for their meditations. While the practice might seem odd to us today, there was a strong sense at…

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October 14, 2021

Australian, German leaders who led churches to partnership with LCC pass on to glory

WORLD – The Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) and Germany’s Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (Selbständige Evangelisch- Lutherische Kirche – SELK) are mourning the deaths of former leaders who led their respective church bodies into partnership with Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC). The Lutheran Church of Australia’s former…

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