Category: Columns
New President in Nicaraguan Partner Church
by Robert Bugbee Dear friends, It has been an encouraging (and, oh yes, warm!) few days here at the Third Convention of the Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua (ILSN) (Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua), which ended Sunday at the Mission Centre Chapel near Chinandega. Delegates elected Rev. Marvin…
LCC on the Road: New Year’s Greetings… from Nicaragua!
President Bugbee by Robert Bugbee Dear friends, It’s a warm Wednesday evening here in Chinandega, the city three hours from Managua where our partner church in Nicaragua has its headquarters and maintains seminary training. I took to the air January 3 and flew from Winnipeg ……
Breaking the silence – the meaning of Christmas!
Christmas greetings from the East District president by Paul Zabel It is Christmas 2011, and we are facing some of the most uncertain circumstances in generations. Some would dare ask, “Where is God in all this? Does He really care?” We are not the only…
Great expectations
Christmas greetings from the Central District president by Thomas Prachar Christmas is a time of expectations, and we usually expect the same things to take place Christmas after Christmas. You take care of that last-minute shopping because Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without giving and…
LCC on the Road: Seminary teaching in Ukraine
Reflections teaching overseas by Edward Kettner I arrived in Odessa on Monday, November 28. This is my fourth trip to Ukraine on behalf of LCC, and my third trip to teach seminary students. The first thing I noticed was how much easier it is to…