Category: Feature Stories
Second PAT graduate will serve Sudanese community
EDMONTON – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is pleased to announce the second graduate of its Pastors with Alternate Training (PAT) program. Rev. James Kay received his first call at Concordia Lutheran Seminary’s Sacred Convocation May 24 in Edmonton. He will join Grace Lutheran (Edmonton) where he…
A Pentecost Harvest in Honduras
by Leonardo Neitzel Lutherans in Central America are experiencing a special flavour of Pentecost these days. The rainy season is starting, fields are seeded, fruit trees are displaying their best, and there is growth, abundance, and joy. The Church frequently uses these agricultural images in…
Iron Man 3: Sin, when fully grown, brings forth death
by Ted Giese Iron Man 3 is a superhero action film with some drama thrown in. As a story, it centers around the theme that actions have consequences. Seems simple enough. The movie starts out with Tony Stark, the man behind the Iron Mask, saying…
Reach out Canada: The countdown is on!
WINNIPEG – In a little more than six weeks hundreds of LCC Lutherans will gather for Lutheran Church—Canada’s first-ever national evangelism conference: Reach Out Canada (July 5-7 at the Canad Inns Destination Centre – Fort Gary in Winnipeg). Reach Out Canada is designed to help…
Anglicans and Lutherans hold summit on biblical marriage and sexuality
UPDATE: The joint “Affirmation on marriage,” signed by participants at the summit and by the heads of all four church bodies, click here. DALLAS, Texas – A landmark ecumenical summit took place May 3-5, 2013 at Church of the Holy Communion in, Dallas, Texas. The…
Picture this! Johann Gerhard and the Church
by Harold Ristau It is no secret that, as church membership and attendance decrease, many Christians are concerned about the future of the Church in North America. When we look at the Church as a human organization, its short term future may in fact look…
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