Category: General
Pastors’ wives retreat
FORT QU’APPELLE, Sask. – From September 15-17, twelve pastors’ wives gathered at Camp Lutherland, in the beautiful Qu’Appelle Valley about an hour east of Regina, for their inaugural in-person retreat. The leadership team for pastors’ wives in the Central Region was birthed during the pandemic….
C.S. Lewis and Objective Value
by Joel D. Heck C. S. Lewis once wrote about the objective nature of goodness, truth, and beauty in The Abolition of Man. He called this concept the Tao, choosing a Chinese term to make the point that these values are not the exclusive property…
Alberta church workers’ conference
EDMONTON – The Alberta pastors and deacons met September 12-14, 2023, at the Providence Renewal Centre, hosted by the Edmonton Circuit. They were blessed to have Rev. David C. Fleming, Executive Director for Spiritual Care, and Dr. Beverly K. Yahnke, Executive Director for Christian Counsel,…
Rev. Quast Accepts Call for Director of Domestic Missions
WINNIPEG, MB – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is pleased to announce that Rev. Jacob Quast has accepted the call to the position of Director of Domestic Missions. LCC’s Board extended the call on behalf of the Member Congregations of LCC in January. As Director of Domestic Missions,…
B.C. church workers’ conference
SORRENTO, B.C. – The B.C. church workers met for their conference from October 23-27 in Sorrento. The main speaker was Concordia Lutheran Seminary’s interim president, Rev. Dr. Joel Heck. Dr. Heck, who is a renowned expert on C. S. Lewis, enlightened those in attendance with…
A Fast From Enthusiasm
by David Haberstock Are you worn out? Life is so taxing these days. Never enough hours in the day. Never enough energy to face the evils around us. And yet, you are supposed to be happy, successful, living your best life now. I just don’t…