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Banishing the Humbugs
by Thomas Prachar In Charles Dickens’ short story, “A Christmas Carol,” the words of Ebenezer Scrooge are as true today as when Dickens first put them in his mouth: “I live in a world of fools…. Merry Christmas after Merry Christmas…. What is Christmas time…
Christmas and Our Seminaries
by Robert Bugbee The God of Christmas Eve didn’t worry much about marketing strategies. He used shepherds to first proclaim the Good News out of Bethlehem. The Prime Minister of Canada would never appoint guys like that as press secretaries. Banks, businesses, and advertisers wouldn’t,…
Not Embarrassing but Amazing
by Glenn E. Schaeffer When I was pastor at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Barrie, Ontario, the children and youth, with the assistance of some adults, presented a Christmas pageant entitled, “This is So Embarrassing!” The pageant starts with a youth complaining about…
The Reformation at Christmas
by Kelly Klages These are the Scriptures which make fools of all the wise and understanding, and are open only to the small and simple, as Christ says in Matthew 11:25. Therefore dismiss your own opinions and feelings, and think of the Scriptures as the …
Christmas Worship Services 2016
CANADA – For those traveling during the Christmas season, it can be difficult to find out the times and locations of worship services. Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is hoping to make it a little less complicated by posting the seasonal worship time for its churches across…
The O Antiphons through Christmas
Find out more on the O Antiphons in our feature article “A Christmas Countdown.” December 17 December 18 December 19 December 20 December 21 December 22 December 23 December 24 December 25 ——————–