Category: Feature Stories
Online Churches, Robot Priests: Contemporary Technology and the Church
by Mathew Block In 2017, hundreds of thousands of Protestants (Lutherans included) travelled to Wittenberg, Germany to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. For many, it was no doubt a pilgrimage of sorts, with visitors hoping to spend their time connecting more deeply…
Misguided Mercy: Understanding Canada’s End of Life Legislation
by Leah Koetting Block In 2014, I wrote a feature for The Canadian Lutheran highlighting the imminent legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada. In the years since then, not only have these acts indeed become legal, they are becoming increasingly common as time…
Canada Today: Understanding the Times
By Michael Schutz In our circles, we’re pretty good at dealing with God’s Word. We rightly focus on doing sound biblical exegesis, which is the task of interpreting the Bible based on what the Bible actually says. To do good biblical exegesis, we need to…
Just two weeks to comment on expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying legislation
CANADA – Canadians have just two weeks to participate in a new online consultation while the federal government considers expansions to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). The consultation window will close January 27, 2020. In September, a Quebec Superior Court struck down parts of Canada’s…
One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church: Going Out of Business?
by Harold Ristau With the decline of people in the pew, I have increasingly noticed in the smaller congregations that I visit a more “selective” passing of the offering plate along the pews after the sermon. Instead of passing it from one lap to the…
God in a Box
by Timothy Teuscher “Post-modernism” is a word used to describe our society and culture here in the 21st century. In a book I recently read on this subject as it pertains to the mission of the church, the author describes post-modernism in these words: “It…
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