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Commemorate Good Friday then Earth Day
by Ian Adnams By some strange coincidence, this year Good Friday, the day Christians remember the death of Jesus Christ for the salvation of humanity, is also Earth Day, the day environmentally-minded people encourage us to focus on ways to preserve God’s creation. The lead-up…
The end and the beginning of Easter
by Peggy Pedersen “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die (John 11:25-26). Do you believe this?” The thing about death is the regrets….
Welcome to a Holy Week life
WINNIPEG – More than 200 members of Lutheran Church–Canada congregations in the Red River Circuit (Winnipeg and area) gathered Sunday, April 17 for a Tenebrae Service at Saint James Lutheran Church. The evening service featured a mass choir, string and woodwind ensemble, and readings by…
Value of Lutheran archives in Edmonton is tangible
by Keven Drews EDMONTON — Each artifact in Edmonton’s Lutheran Historical Institute (LHI) tells a story. A silver-luster cup witnessed Philadelphia’s battle against the plague in the late 1700s. Carried by Pastor Fredrick Schmidt, the cup helped baptize the dying—sometimes hundreds a day. A coyote-skin…
Christians prepare for a spiritual rollercoaster
by Jacob Quast Sunday marks the beginning of the most holy week for Christians in which we receive constant reminders of our Lord Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection to redeem us from all sin, death, and hell. Ironically, the week begins with a triumphal procession….