Category: General
Nominations for seminary awards due soon
CANADA – Each year, Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries present honorary awards to those who have made a difference in the life of the seminary and the church at large. Nominations for awards at both seminaries are due in January 2025. See the details below: Concordia…
A Closer Study of the Lord’s Prayer: Part Four
NOTE: This is the fourth and final entry in a series of study articles on the Lord’s Prayer. See also the introduction to the series, as well as Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. by John Kreutzwieser Lead us not into temptation / But…
Joker: Folie à Deux: “A Clown with His Pants Falling Down”
by Ted Giese Imprisoned in Gotham’s dismal Arkham Asylum for the criminally insane, Arthur Fleck awaits trial for multiple counts of murder. There, in a music program in the minimum security wing, Fleck meets Harleen ‘Lee’ Quinzel. The disturbed Fleck and psychotic Quinzel fall into…
70 years at St. John Lutheran Church in Frobisher
FROBISHER, Sask. – On June 23, St. John Lutheran Church celebrated 70 years in its current building. The congregation invited several of their previous pastors to attend, and were blessed to have Rev. David Ramsey’s wife, Dianne, and Rev. Bill Kronen attend. Rev. Greig Heidorn…
The Office of Discouragement
by Scott Gamble and Michelle Heumann The pastor steps into the pulpit and notices the person who argued at the last few voters’ meeting that pastor wasn’t doing enough to support the church’s boards—even though the pastor was at church every night last week, missing…
Rev. Krestick marks 50th ordination anniversary
WATERLOO, Ont. – A great celebration was held June 23 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, marking 50 years of Rev. Robert Krestick’s service in the Lord’s Church. Rev. Krestick’s ministry began with ordination at First Lutheran Church in Windsor, Ontario, where he had been baptized and…