Category: Feature Stories
Teach them to know… Or teach them to do?
by Larry Flohr “Don’t just give them all the things you wish you’d had. Instead, teach them all the things you wish you’d known.” This picture caught my attention a couple of days ago. It showed up in my Facebook newsfeed and probably had nothing…
Christmas Light, Christmas Peace
by Mark Smith On Christmas Eve more than a hundred years ago in a Belgium battlefield, the world stood at war on the Western Front. On one side of this bloody conflict huddled the British soldiers; on the other side, the Germans. As the…
“The Word Became Flesh”: Seen & Unseen
by Kelly Klages Two Births (for Micah, born Ascension Day 2009) I feared the curse; I feared the labour pain That plagues the daughters (and the sons) of earth; But dreams would come to still my fears again While waiting on the advent of your…
A Lamp To My Feet: Reading the Word of God Daily
by Leonardo Neitzel Beginning in 2011, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) began publishing resources and encouraging individuals and congregations to read through the Bible yearly, biennially, or triennially. The theme of LCC’s national convention that year was “In Your Light We See Light” (Psalm 36:9). Several years…
“Immanuel” – God with us veterans of the past and present
by Harold Ristau You have probably heard the story about the series of temporary truces between British and French allies and German troops along the Western Front of World War I, around Christmas of 1914. The thought-provoking French film, Joyeux Noël, is a worthwhile…
Gentleness & Respect: Scriptural Strategies for Respectful Discussion
by Terry Defoe, Garth Huber, and Brian Wonnick Controversial topics in life are many and the list is long: global warming, science and faith, abortion, medically assisted suicide, politics, and more. The number of controversial subjects seems to be growing while, at the same time,…
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