The Canadian Lutheran Posts
For all the saints, who from their labours rest
by Marvin Bublitz I am writing this near the end of April. The latter half of April is a time of mixed feelings for me. It is this time of year during which the Lord called from this world many saints whom He placed in…
COVID-19 and Masks
by Timothy Teuscher “The world is like a drunken peasant. If you lift him into the saddle on one side, he will fall off on the other side.” This rather blunt, earthly statement by Martin Luther is a fitting assessment of some of the comments…
Their Stolen Children Have Been Found: A hymn by Rev. Kurt E. Reinhardt
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s Rev. Kurt E. Reinhardt, hymn writer and pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kurtzville, Ontario, recently shared his reflections on the discovery of 215 Indigenous children buried beside the former Residential School in Kamloops, BC. “The song came…
LAMP ministry continues during the pandemic
by Michelle Heumann CANADA – LAMP – Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots shared a video made by Bethel Lutheran Church (Sherwood Park, Alta.) about some of the creative ways its missionary teams are finding to still reach out to the northern communities they would…
My Will Be Done
by Mathew Block If you are anything like me, you are beginning to grow weary of the restrictions on normal life which the pandemic has brought. For many months, we have been directed to avoid social gatherings and to stay home—to refrain from visiting friends…
A Statement on the Legacy of the Residential School System
by Timothy Teuscher A few weeks ago, the devastating and heartbreaking news spread across Canada and throughout the world of the discovery of the remains of 215 children in unmarked graves at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. What was revealed in…