Category: Headline

December 12, 2010

Synod Christmas tree sends a message

In a video report, President Robert Bugbee talks about how staff at LCC’s Synod office in Winnipeg support congregations while decorating the Christmas tree.

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December 6, 2010

The truth about Old Saint Nick : Why Turkey means more than Christmas dinner

by Jim Chliboyko “East of Marmaris the coast loses most of its wrinkles and the Greek Islands are left behind,” reads the dog-eared copy of Lonely Planet’s West Asia on a Shoestring. “The coast is sprinkled with ruins… and it’s studded with beautiful beaches and…

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November 23, 2010

Deathly Hallows speaks to the soul

by Ted Giese At dinner I said to my wife, “I saw something for my Christmas list … there’s a 25th anniversary Blue-ray edition of the Goonies.” She said it made her feel old. A half-hour later we were sitting in the movie theatre waiting…

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November 21, 2010

“It’s a face!” Seminary professor uncovers ancient fresco

by Steve Chambers It was my biggest shock of the summer. “It’s a face!” I cried, after turning over the stone. There she was, staring up at me just as an ancient artist had painted her on the plaster still clinging to this large limestone…

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November 18, 2010

Twenty years for unique program

  by Jennifer Shack and Paul Schoepp The role of teaching in the church is as old as the church itself where important teachers of the faith have taught people about Jesus’ love for them and showed them how to live their God-given faith, responding…

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November 18, 2010

The hidden treasure of private confession

His grace awaits you. The door is open. by Peggy Pedersen The church’s treasures are the gifts Christ our Lord, Himself has given us: Baptism, Holy Communion and the Office of the Keys. In these ways He comes to us, cleansing us from our sins…

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