Category: Feature Stories

March 28, 2012

Anglican Network in Canada bishop visits LCC office

WINNIPEG – On March 12, 2012 President Robert Bugbee of Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) welcomed Bishop Donald Harvey to LCC’s office for a morning of informal discussions on the relationship between biblical Anglicans and Lutherans in Canada. Bishop Harvey is Moderator of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC)…

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March 27, 2012

The Humanities and the Christian Faith

Rev. Dr. Bill Anderson, Director of the Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith (CCSCF), invites members of Lutheran Church–Canada to attend the centre’s first annual conference May 3-4, 2012 at Concordia University College of Alberta (Edmonton). The conference’s theme is “The Humanities and the Christian…

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March 14, 2012

Two weeks in Africa: President Bugbee reflects

From February 23 through March 7, 2012, four representatives of Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) travelled to Africa as part of Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) Global Encounter program. Participants were divided into three groups, with each group visiting CLWR projects in one of three countries: Mozambique, Ethiopia, or…

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February 28, 2012

The voice walking beside: Supporting those out in church

by Vic Esperanza When I was first approached to write an article for those in our church who struggle with sexuality, I had to give it a little bit of thought and a lot of prayer. Partly because I knew I would be writing an article…

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February 27, 2012

The voice inside: Who is listening?

  by Kim Goebel Every couple of years we see articles published and discussion arising about homosexuality and the Church. With the recent acceptance of practicing gay and lesbian ministers in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) reiterated its stance on the…

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February 22, 2012

A well-spent Lent

FROM THE ARCHIVES: by Victor Parachin and Ian Adnams “It is a bad thing to be satisfied spiritually,” observed the British mystic Oswald Chambers. In earlier times, Christians, especially monks, nuns and others living in church institutions practiced various spiritual disciplines. They believed their work…

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