Category: Feature Stories
Love Your Enemies: The Persecuted Church Today
by Mathew Block The year is approximately 34 A.D. A young man named Stephen stands before a crowd in Jerusalem. He confesses that Jesus is the Messiah promised by the prophets of old and that, though He was killed, He now stands alive at the…
The Journey Through Grief
by Michael Keith You don’t get over it; you get through it. As a pastor I have journeyed through the valley of the shadow of death with many people. The loss of a loved one leaves us profoundly hurt and broken. We experience emotions…
Faith and Suffering
by Richard Beinert In the Middle Ages, it was not uncommon for people to use images of the instruments of Jesus’ torture and suffering as the basis for their meditations. While the practice might seem odd to us today, there was a strong sense at…
Getting to know LCC’s Dean of Military Chaplains
An Interview with DMC, Rev. Rod Buck What is your role and where do you serve? My name is Rev. Rod Buck and I am currently serving the parish and school of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Stony Plain, Alberta. I have also been called…
Back to the Supper
by Warren Hamp We are coming, by the mercies of God, to the gradual ending of the COVID-19 pandemic. Much discussion is pouring out from all quarters about how our world, our country, and our church will look ‘post-pandemic.’ Many speak of a great ‘reset’…
Hungering For God’s Word
by Ling Pui Yeong “Man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.” – Deuteronomy 8:3 (cf. Matthew 4:4) When God spoke these words through Moses to the wandering Israelites, when Jesus…
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