Category: Feature Stories
Rich or Poor
by M.L. Smith Several years ago, Harvard University invited Mother Theresa to fly to America to give a commencement address. The invitation stated that they desired “the most famous person in one of the world’s poorest nations, to address the world’s richest nation.” Mother Theresa…
Ukraine Update: Day 26 of Russian invasion
UKRAINE – The following update is provided by Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) Missionary to the Ukraine and was written on March 21, 2022: It is 26th day of Russian aggression against Ukraine. More than 3 million Ukrainians (mostly women and children) have had…
Ukraine Update: Being the Church
UKRAINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) issued a call to prayer and established a Ukraine Aid Fund to directly support the people of our partner church in Ukraine. LCC President Timothy Teuscher reports: “As the conflict in Ukraine rages on, I urge all of our LCC…
Discovering where I might fit
by Julia Flor My father, grandfather and great-grandfather all found their vocation as Lutheran pastors. Now, with only my sister and me to carry on this tradition of church service, we need to look for new ways to use our gifts for His purposes. Of…
Each One Reach One
by William Mundt An abbreviated history of missions is this: Peter wrote, “Be prepared to make a defence to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (1 Peter 3:15). And believers were prepared to make a defence. And…
Ukraine Update: Day 10 of Russian Invasion
UKRAINE – Rev. Roland Syens, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) pastor emeritus and former LCC Missionary-at-Large to Ukraine, has written the following letter providing further updates concerning the people and pastors of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU): Today as I write it is…