Category: General
Iranian pastor faces death penalty
by James Morgan The Supreme Court of Iran recently upheld a death sentence for a Christian pastor. The problems began for Yousef Nadarkhani pastor of the Church of Iran when authorities arrested him in his home city of Rasht in October 2009 while he attempted to…
More a family gathering than a convention
by Ken Maher Synod is such a foreign sounding word that Gene Roddenberry once used to describe a race of aliens in one of his television shows. For many, synod sounds like it should be an alien concept. Sometimes even those of us in the…
The power of little words
by David Bode Have you ever noticed how important little words are? Take, for example, the difference between the words a and the. We call one the “indefinite article.” When we talk about a picture, we could be referring to any one of hundreds of…
From sorrow to jubilation: Easter at Grace Lutheran
DRUMHELLER, Alta. – Holy Week at Grace Lutheran Church included a dramatic Good Friday service that involved the “burning” of sins. An Easter sunrise service at the site of Drumheller’s annual Passion Play concluded the week joyously. On Good Friday the congregation gathered for a sombre…
Dual focus for Lenten devotions
As Lent approaches, Lutheran Hour Ministries is offering two devotional booklets, one for those observing Lent and another written for people for whom the season is not on their radar. The Light Shines in the Darkness examines the Gospel of John’s narrative of the life of…
Reasons for not attending a church
In online survey conducted by Lutheran Church–Canada asked respondents who said the do not regularly attend church the reasons behind their answer. Not welcome. (This is a recurring answer.) Not interested. If God is everywhere I don’t have to go to a specific place at…
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