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by Leonardo Neitzel
Lutherans in Central America are experiencing a special flavour of Pentecost these days. The rainy season is starting, fields are seeded, fruit trees are displaying their best, and there is growth, abundance, and joy. The Church frequently uses these agricultural images in its proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as symbols of the spiritual growth and harvest produced through the work of the Holy Spirit. There is rain from above, budding, growth, ripeness, harvest, plenty, and gladness. Fields are prepared by the Lord for harvest in two …
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ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries have announced they will both be live-streaming this year’s convocation services. During the ceremonies, pastoral candidates will receive their first calls and vicars will receive their year-term placements.
On Friday, May 24, Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) will be holding its Sacred Convocation in the Robert Tegler Student Centre at Concordia University College of Alberta. The event will be broadcast live, beginning at 7:00 p.m. (MST). Visit http://www.concordiasem.ab.ca/CLSTV.php to watch online.
On Saturday, May 25, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) will hold its Call Service …
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VICTORIA, B.C. – Author Peggy Pedersen’s first poetry book—entitled A Lamb within the Fold—was released earlier this year and is now available for purchase. Peggy is a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Victoria, and a frequent contributor to The Canadian Lutheran magazine both in print and online.
The book begins with an introduction chronicling Peggy’s spiritual journey, which included early beginnings in the Southern Baptist church before making ventures into Shaivism, Hare Krishnas, Roman Catholicism, and Orthodox Judaism. A medical scare made Peggy return to the question of Christianity anew. …
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by Ted Giese
Iron Man 3 is a superhero action film with some drama thrown in. As a story, it centers around the theme that actions have consequences. Seems simple enough. The movie starts out with Tony Stark, the man behind the Iron Mask, saying “A famous man once said we create our own demons.” Within minutes this is playing out, as we see a flashback to a New Year’s party in 1999. Here we see Stark in a one night stand with a promising young scientist, leaving her a note …
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WINNIPEG – In a little more than six weeks hundreds of LCC Lutherans will gather for Lutheran Church—Canada’s first-ever national evangelism conference: Reach Out Canada (July 5-7 at the Canad Inns Destination Centre – Fort Gary in Winnipeg).
Reach Out Canada is designed to help everyone share their faith naturally in every-day situations as part of who they are in Christ. The event, being planned in conjunction with Lutheran Hour Ministries and Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada, features Rev. Gregory Seltz (Speaker of The Lutheran Hour) and Rev. John Nunes (CEO …
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FINLAND – On May 4, Rev. Risto Soramies was installed in Helsinki as the Bishop of the newly organized Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland. The installation took place in the Sacred Heart Chapel of the Lutheran Evangelical Association of Finland.
Bishop Soramies served many years as a missionary to Turkish immigrants to Germany. In the early 2000s, he was founding pastor of Istanbul Lutheran Church in Turkey. He speaks German and Turkish fluently, in addition to Finnish.
Bishop Soramies succeeds Bishop Matti Väisinen who is retiring. Bishop Väisinen—along with the Swedish …
