Category: Feature Stories
One in Christ: Lutherans and Canada’s First Nations People
by Randy Heide With COVID-19 our world has changed. We are not permitted to live life the way we did even at the beginning of March 2020. We have been isolated and separated from our communities, neighbours, and even to some degree our families. Thankfully…
Who is my neighbour?
by John Arthur Nunes As if the loneliness of isolation weren’t enough, now we are gripped by the fear of anarchy and what feels to some like the collapse of western civilization. As tough as these times seem, I believe that the Holy Spirit…
Good Shepherd Valleyview building fire
by Michelle Heumann VALLEYVIEW, Alta. – Late in the evening of July 26, 2020, the building belonging to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, a historical storefront located on Main Street, caught on fire. Rev. Shiekh Lief Mauricio, who has been the pastor there since 2019, reports…
God’s Gift of Literature
by Mary J. Moerbe When my father read to me as a child, he gave me a great gift. As an educator, he knew he was shaping how my mind would receive and process language and imagery, and, as my dad, it was a bonding,…
Parables
by Stephen Chambers Everyone loves a mystery, they say. That might be why Jesus’ parables are so popular. They use ordinary language to point toward spiritual realities which transcend our everyday experience, and the gaps between those two worlds are both fascinating and mysterious….
The Good Shepherd
by Jim Chimirri-Russell The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the…
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