Category: Feature Stories

September 30, 2010

Online communication vital to mission work

The expectation of having Internet and telephone service extends to the mission field and when it’s not available, it’s easy to forget how people communicated without it. Martin Weber, a Bible translator with Lutheran Bible Translators-Canada (LBTC) serving in Cameroon, resorted to using his satellite…

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September 10, 2010

God’s (young) people gather

With a registration of more than 500 youth, leaders and speakers, Lutheran Church–Canada’s 2010 National Youth Gathering kicked off Friday evening, July 2 at Edmonton’s University of Alberta. For five days, youth from across Canada heard from guest speakers, including LCC’s president, Rev. Dr. Robert Bugbee, with the goal of affirming they are an important part of God’s family.

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September 7, 2010

Can you hear me now?

For people outside the church’s walls, even words like “sin” and “grace” have become foreign or at least difficult to understand. When we rely too heavily on such Christian jargon, or “church-ese” as it is sometimes called, we are in great danger of obscuring the Gospel of Christ. And while the story of salvation is profound, it surely need not be confusing.

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August 22, 2010

Lessons from Owen

By James Prophet I sit with Mrs. Mitchell and her three boys—the oldest is eight, the next five, and the youngest not quite two years old. (Mr. Mitchell, who’s the seminary organist and a busy musician, plays at a different church this week.) I end…

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