The Canadian Lutheran Posts

July 15, 2021

The cost of stained glass window frames when not maintained

by Allan Scharlach KITCHENER, Ont. – How much?!?! That’s what the congregation of Historic St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Kitchener, Ontario, was asking during a Properties Report last September. The reason for the question came as the result of a quote for the repair of our…

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July 12, 2021

The Call Process as Gift

  by David Haberstock I grew up in a parsonage. I had one pastor until I became a pastor. I had never attended a call meeting before becoming a Regional Pastor. Beyond what the Bible says about “the call,” I knew little about it. So,…

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July 8, 2021

Thinking about hiring a student? The strings attached may have been cut

  by Jeffrey A.L. Kriwetz For many students and young people, finding a job can be a challenge. They need work experience, but often many small employers do not have the budget or the desire to hire and train students and young people who have…

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July 7, 2021

Saint and Sinner in Disney’s Cruella

by Ted Giese In Disney’s new movie Cruella, Estella/Cruella is an orphan girl with a split personality—one half kind, the other half cruel. While on the run she falls in with a pair of pick-pocketing Dickensian grifters, Jasper and Horace, and eventually pursues her lifelong…

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July 6, 2021

The Problem of Porn

by Peter Knelson When I was a teenager, I struggled with pornography. As time went on, however, my involvement in the Church led me closer to Christ and further from pornography. But that is not everyone’s story: today pornography has permeated even into the Church…

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June 29, 2021

Forgiven

by Robert Mohns Forgiven. There is no sweeter word given by God to fallen, broken people than that! In this world of cultural upheaval, accentuated by COVID hyper-anxiety and our propensity to travel down a myriad of rabbit holes that lead us into a plethora…

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