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The hidden treasure of private confession
His grace awaits you. The door is open. by Peggy Pedersen The church’s treasures are the gifts Christ our Lord, Himself has given us: Baptism, Holy Communion and the Office of the Keys. In these ways He comes to us, cleansing us from our sins…
In the beginnings
The prefaces to Luther’s Small and Large Catechisms have their own teachings by Thomas A. Von Hagel One of the most significant concerns of the sixteenth century Lutheran Reformation was religious instruction in the parish. In his preface to the Small Catechism, Martin Luther bemoaned…
A Son stands on guard…a Remembrance Day reflection
by Kurt Reinhardt As the snow drifts across the ground in the open fields around Trinity Lutheran Church outside Kurtzville, Ontario, one lone dark tombstone stands up out of the white blanket like a sentinel in the back corner of the church’s cemetery. The grave…
Doctor’s appointment: up close and personal with Martin Luther
Compiled by Ian Adnams The fifty-five volumes of Luther’s Works contain Dr. Luther’s Bible commentaries, sermons and essays. Volume 54 is called “Table Talk” and contains notes taken by guests and visitors to his home as they bantered opinions during meals. Rather than discourses from…
Online communication vital to mission work
The expectation of having Internet and telephone service extends to the mission field and when it’s not available, it’s easy to forget how people communicated without it. Martin Weber, a Bible translator with Lutheran Bible Translators-Canada (LBTC) serving in Cameroon, resorted to using his satellite…
God’s (young) people gather
With a registration of more than 500 youth, leaders and speakers, Lutheran Church–Canada’s 2010 National Youth Gathering kicked off Friday evening, July 2 at Edmonton’s University of Alberta. For five days, youth from across Canada heard from guest speakers, including LCC’s president, Rev. Dr. Robert Bugbee, with the goal of affirming they are an important part of God’s family.