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Feed the fire
This article by Rev. Dr. Ed Lehman appeared in the July 1988 issue of The Canadian Lutheran, the first issue of the magazine to appear following Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) founding convention. Now, twenty-five years later, we’ve asked Dr. Lehman to re-read his original article and…
Canadian Lutheran publishes 1,000th article online
ONLINE – On August 14, The Canadian Lutheran published its 1,000th article online: “Job and the Monsters: A review of Pacific Rim.” The Canadian Lutheran, the national magazine of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), first began publishing online on January 9, 2009. Dr. Ian Adnams—president of The…
Job and the Monsters: A review of Pacific Rim
by Ted Giese Pacific Rim is not a dumb action film. It’s visually sophisticated, complex and—if you like epic sci-fi—it could be the best fun you’ll have in theatre this summer. There’s more to this film than watching giant robots battle giant monsters. As it…
Christianity and the Movies: Free Quest Course begins next month
ONLINE – Discernment, or the ability to distinguish and test things, is held up in Scripture as both a gift of the Holy Spirit and a skill the Christian is encouraged to personally develop. In a culture that is awash in media, the need to…
Forthcoming Central American hymnal spurs worship workshop
NICARAGUA – From July 26-28, seventy deaconesses, pastors, missionaries, musicians, and seminary students representing congregations in Nicaragua and Honduras participated in a workshop designed to deepen, strengthen, and enrich individual and corporate worship in the Church. In addition to studying liturgical practice, participants learned…
The God of our fathers
by Mathew Block Moses stood before the burning bush. A Voice had just spoken to him from the flames. “Moses!” it had called. “Moses!” And he had answered: “Here I am.” “Do not come any closer,” the Voice said. “Take off your sandals for the…