Category: General
Connecting Faith and Mental Health
by Jennifer Kerr When it comes to discussions of mental health, many Christians today aren’t sure how to respond. This summer, for example, I was invited to speak on mental health at the IMPACT Youth Gathering in Grand Forks, B.C. When my subject was announced…
Young Adults hold retreat in Toronto
TORONTO – East District Lutheran Young Adults (EDLYA) hosts four retreats a year at various churches in the East Region to encourage fellowship, new relationships, and growth in Christ. This year’s Spring Retreat was hosted by Trinity Lutheran Church in Toronto, and was the group’s…
Hope Without Wavering
by Robert Mohns I recently visited Grace Lutheran Church in Port Alberni on the occasion of their 75th anniversary. I should have been out there in June, but fires prevented the celebration from taking place at that time. The congregation chose Hebrews 10:23 for their…
BUILDing a solid foundation on Jesus
WINNIPEG – When you have more than 19,000 pieces of LEGO, a church interior brimming with bricks, and a life-size LEGO figure, you might not think faith-building would be part of things, but you’d be wrong. From August 14-18, Peace Lutheran Church welcomed 46 kids…
Bringing the Bread of Life to children in Nicaragua
NICARAGUA – One of the most powerful programs Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) offers is its feeding program for children in Nicaragua, now called Pan de Vida (Bread of Life). Far more than just a feeding initiative, Pan de Vida offers nourishment for both body and soul,…
Lovers of Wisdom: Christians and the Right Use of Philosophy
by Adam Chandler “What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?” This was a question posed by the early Christian theologian, Tertullian. Paraphrased, we can understand this to mean: “What does Greek philosophy have to do with Christianity?” Athens, after all, was the historic centre…
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