Category: Feature Stories

February 13, 2023

The Church is the Body of Christ: We are the Body of Christ

by Edward Kettner What do we mean when we refer to the Church as “the body of Christ”? That phrase occurs in several places in the New Testament. The phrase can simply mean the physical body of Jesus which was laid in the tomb, though…

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January 10, 2023

Back to Basics

by David Haberstock Is your church as full as it was about two years ago?  Recently I heard on CBC that Canada’s movie theatres and concert venues were averaging about 40 percent of their pre-pandemic attendance. This statistic is good to know, because if your…

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January 3, 2023

His Father’s Son: Jesus in the Temple

by Stephen Chambers It’s clear that the first two chapters of Luke’s Gospel are unique; that’s the place where we hear many of the stories that fill the Advent and Christmas seasons. What we sometimes overlook though is the special light that the last of…

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December 27, 2022

Three Days of Snow: One Christmas in Scotland

by Sylvia Das “I suppose you like this weather,” said one of the ladies at our small Scottish church, shaking the snow off her kerchief. “Yes,” I laughed. “It’s always nice to have snow on Christmas Eve.” As Canadians living on the outskirts of Glasgow,…

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December 21, 2022

Son of Man and Son of God: The Good News in Jesus’ Genealogy

by Jonathan Kraemer When a child is born, parents and others wonder: “What will you be like when you grow up?” or “I wonder how you will take after your mother? Your father?” or “Will you be similar to another relative?” When we ask questions…

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December 20, 2022

LCC-SELCU Missions during the war in Ukraine

UKRAINE – As of November 24, 2022 the people of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have raised a total of $649,317.56 for the Ukraine Relief Aid Fund. The following update is provided by Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy, LCC’s Missionary-at-Large in the Ukraine concerning our partner church the Synod of…

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