Category: Feature Stories
Is God Calling Me? New website helps Christians answer the question
ONLINE – “On January 13, 1914, Earnest Shackelton published the following notice: ‘Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.’ Five thousand applications were received in response…
Paradise lost: A review of Elysium
by Ted Giese Under the special effects, makeup, and whiz-bang jargon of sci-fi film-making, one often finds popular social commentary. The commentary generally comes in two varieties: prophetic warning of what the future might hold, or a pointed criticism of how things are right now….
Translating God’s Word in Cameroon
CAMEROON – Rev. Mike and Kara Kuhn, along with their two sons, Tobias (3) and Gideon (1), arrived in Cameroon, West Africa, before Easter of this year to serve as missionaries with Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada (LBTC). They have been assigned to assist the…
Thinking of the harvest
by Robert Bugbee Summer may be almost gone by the time you read this. It often passes quickly, especially here on the prairies. Soon farm families and others will get busy, gathering in from the fields what the land has brought forth. Those who study…
LWMLC celebrates 20 years: An interview with its first President
2013 marks the 20th Anniversary of Lutheran Women’s Missionary League–Canada (LWMLC). To mark the event, The Canadian Lutheran (CL) contacted LWMLC’s first president, Eloise Schaan (ES), to talk about the history of the mission organization and its bright future. Schaan served as president from 1993-1997….
Standing Firm and Reaching Out
by Ian Adnams and Mathew Block Five years ago, Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) 2008 synodical convention voted to celebrate LCC’s 25th Anniversary with a national outreach-oriented event, to be held in conjunction with that year’s triennial National Youth Gathering (NYG). In the intervening years, LCC’s auxiliary,…
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