Category: Feature Stories

May 28, 2014

The Christian Imagination: An Interview with Gene Veith

Dr. Gene Veith, Provost and Professor of Literature at Patrick Henry College in Virginia, was keynote speaker for the Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith’s third annual conference March 21-22, 2014 at Concordia University College of Alberta in Edmonton. His topic was “The…

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May 12, 2014

Magazine for Lutheran women goes digital

ONLINE – Tapestry, a magazine developed for the women of Lutheran Church–Canada by Lutheran Women’s Missionary League – Canada (LWMLC), is now available in a fourth format—digital—for those who prefer to do their reading online and for those with vision challenges who can enlarge the…

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May 8, 2014

Amazing Spider-Man 2: A David and Goliath tale

by Ted Giese The first words everyone hears as the closing credits roll following The Amazing Spider-Man 2 are from Kendrick Lamar: “And everyone knows the story of David and Goliath.”  These are also the opening words of Alisha Keys’ song “It’s On Again,” which…

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May 5, 2014

Essayists announced for 2014 National Convention

VANCOUVER – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has announced the names of the essayists for 2014’s national convention in Vancouver. Rev. Kurt Reinhardt (Trinity Evangelical Lutheran in Kurtzville, Ontario) and Deacon Jennifer Shack (Concordia University College of Alberta – CUCA) will present on the topics of prayer…

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April 30, 2014

Jesus’ ‘wife’ no more: New evidence suggests fragment a forgery

by Mathew Block Back in 2012, Karen L. King, a scholar from Harvard Divinity School, announced the discovery of a Coptic manuscript fragment with some particularly surprising text. Among other things, it reads: “Jesus said to them, my wife…” And there the text breaks off….

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April 28, 2014

Heaven is For Real: Heart-warming film without a heavenly road-map

by Ted Giese Pulling into the number two spot at the box office on Easter weekend was the Christian-themed film Heaven is For Real, based on the popular book by the same name. The film, like the book, tells the story of young Colton Burpo…

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