Category: General

August 21, 2023

Praying for a Miracle

By Mathew Block When I was three years old, I nearly died when a physician misdiagnosed a case of appendicitis. Later, when a second doctor examined me and found me deathly ill, I was rushed several hours away to the city for emergency treatment. The…

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August 18, 2023

First-ever IMPACT Youth Gathering

GRAND FORKS, B.C. – Well, it finally happened. After a five-year wait that included two National Youth Gatherings, one pandemic, and countless online events, the first-ever IMPACT Youth Gathering was held June 30 to July 3 in beautiful Grand Forks at Pines Bible Camp. A…

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August 17, 2023

LCC issues call to prayer for Yellowknife, West Kelowna, and other areas affected by wildfire

UPDATE (August 19): Since this story was posted, British Columbia has declared a province-wide state of emergency as a result of wildfires, with 15,000 people  in the province currently under evacuation order as of this update. In particular, the cities of West Kelowna (population 36,000)…

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August 17, 2023

Central Region Church Workers Conference

WINNIPEG – From May 29-31, Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Central Region held its 2023 Pastors and Deacons Conference at the Holiday Inn Airport West in Winnipeg, just down the road from Synod’s office. Doxology: The Lutheran Center for Spiritual Care and Counsel conducted this year’s conference…

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August 16, 2023

Hope Against Hope

by Robert Mohns The Apostle Paul, when writing the letter to the Romans, lifted up our forefather, Abraham, saying of him that “in hope he believed against hope” (Romans 4:18). On its own, this is a rather curious statement. The context, of course, is the…

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August 15, 2023

Faculty call to CLTS accepted

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – In June 2023, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) announced that Rev. Kirk Radford intends to accept a call as Assistant Professor of Theology. Rev. Radford is expected to begin teaching in the 2024-25 academic year. The delay will allow Rev. Radford…

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