Category: Feature Stories
Online communication vital to mission work
The expectation of having Internet and telephone service extends to the mission field and when it’s not available, it’s easy to forget how people communicated without it. Martin Weber, a Bible translator with Lutheran Bible Translators-Canada (LBTC) serving in Cameroon, resorted to using his satellite…
God’s (young) people gather
With a registration of more than 500 youth, leaders and speakers, Lutheran Church–Canada’s 2010 National Youth Gathering kicked off Friday evening, July 2 at Edmonton’s University of Alberta. For five days, youth from across Canada heard from guest speakers, including LCC’s president, Rev. Dr. Robert Bugbee, with the goal of affirming they are an important part of God’s family.
Can you hear me now?
For people outside the church’s walls, even words like “sin” and “grace” have become foreign or at least difficult to understand. When we rely too heavily on such Christian jargon, or “church-ese” as it is sometimes called, we are in great danger of obscuring the Gospel of Christ. And while the story of salvation is profound, it surely need not be confusing.
Lessons from Owen
By James Prophet I sit with Mrs. Mitchell and her three boys—the oldest is eight, the next five, and the youngest not quite two years old. (Mr. Mitchell, who’s the seminary organist and a busy musician, plays at a different church this week.) I end…