Category: Insight
Faith responds to mass murder in the Moscow subway
by James Dimitroff Reports of two explosions on March 29 in the Moscow subway during morning rush hour, shock and wound us as we recoil again from news of innocent lives suddenly destroyed. The first explosion, at 7:55 a.m., hit Lubyanka underground metro station; the second,…
Earthquakes, tsunamis, storms and floods! How do God’s people respond?
By Rev. Dale Mohr What is the appropriate response to tragedy; to innocent suffering and death? To the more than 200,000 killed in Haiti? To the hundreds of thousands killed in the 2004 tsunami? To the victims of the latest suicide bomb attack? Or the…
A question of communion
by Ed Kettner Recently, Canadian newspapers have reported on an interesting question which has important theological implications, both for the church and for society’s perception of the church. At the funeral of former Governor General Romeo LeBlanc, a Roman Catholic, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a…
What’s in a name?
LCC mission organizations comprising CLAIM (Canadian Lutheran Agencies in Mission) have produced a booklet of 28 meditations on the names for God used in Scripture which reveal His triune nature and character. Download the booklet at www.lutheranmissions.ca.
Congregational budgeting
Congregational budgeting Congregations are always looking at their budgets and depending on who is doing the looking, opinions can have a great variation. The article at http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=7892 helps identify and understand the people dynamics of congregational budgeting.
Future leaders
Each generation brings to work and volunteering specific strengths and weaknesses. Here is an article written from a secular perspective that provides insight into the Millennial Generation born between 1980 and 1995, today’s young adults and teens http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2009/0509/Petty.htm
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