Category: Feature Stories
Honouring Your Father and Mother as they Age
by David Haberstock “Honour your father and your mother.” – Exodus 20:12 My parents are with the Lord. I am an “orphan,” so to speak. But their legacy lives on. I have been greatly blessed by them. They imparted a great heritage of faith to me…
The Vocation of Christian Motherhood: Like Mary, You Don’t Have to Know It All
by Kelly Klages Over the first half of 2025, I worked on the illustrations for a book project with Rev. Will Weedon. He had written a devotional meditation on the life and remembrances of Mary, the mother of Jesus. This book, I Remember, was created…
The Vocation of Christian Fatherhood
by Alex Klages “Our Father, by whose name all fatherhood is known,” begins a hymn in our hymnal (LSB 863:1). In these words, we have set before us the basic concept of Christian fatherhood. The vocation of fatherhood stems from God our Heavenly Father and…
Is LCC now the largest Lutheran church body in Canada?
by Mathew Block As religious attendance in Canada continues to decrease, we may have reached a point where Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is now the largest Lutheran church body in Canada—if, that is, a reported massive drop in membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada…
Christ Incarnate: Love Revealed and Given
by M.L. Smith “God is love” (1 John 4:8). These three words contain a universe of meaning. But in the Christian confession, they are not an abstraction or a sentiment. They are flesh and blood. They are Christ crucified and risen. They are a pierced…
Open Wide Your Hand – Sharing God’s Love with the Homeless
by Adam Chandler “For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have Me…” (Matthew 26:11). Christ Himself declares there will always be poverty. We can feel helpless, as a result, when we consider the prospects of helping the impoverished and…