Category: Feature Stories
LAMP calls for prayer for First Nation community rocked by youth suicide epidemic
CROSS LAKE, MANITOBA – Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots (LAMP) is encouraging Lutherans to pray for Cross Lake (Pimicikamak Cree Nation) as they struggle with a recent outbreak of youth suicides. From mid-December 2016 to mid-March 2016, six suicides (most of them youth) have…
Johann von Staupitz
by Richard Beinert Tucked away in the pages of Reformation history lies the figure of Johann von Staupitz. He served as Martin Luther’s superior within the Augustinian Order and importantly also as his father confessor during the first decade of the 1500s. Even though he…
Prodigal Sons and Daughters
by Kurt Lantz The little wisps of steam have ceased swirling around the cooling cups of coffee as moms corral their tots into winter coats and impatient teenagers drag their dawdling parents away with the rolling of their eyes. There are only a few left…
Confessional Lutherans and Anglicans Draw Closer Together
by Mathew Block Participants in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), and Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) ongoing ecumenical dialogue have released an interim report on their work so far. Entitled “On Closer Acquaintance,” the document is the culmination of six…
A Reminder on the National Restructuring Survey
by William Ney We are now several weeks into the National Restructuring Survey and our consultant, Rev. Dr. Les Stahlke, has received and processed more than 1,000 responses. This is great! Over the rest of the month we hope to receive about 1,000 more responses….
Ukraine Seminary suffers fire
UKRAINE – On February 9, 2016 Concordia Seminary in Odessa, Ukraine was damaged after a fire broke out in the basement. The seminary is an institute of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ukraine (SELCU). Rev. Dr. Steve Chambers of Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton)…
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