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New Reinhardt hymn for our Ukraine brothers and sisters
ONTARIO – Be Near Your People, Lord, We Pray is a new hymn written by Rev. Kurt E. Reinhardt, pastor in Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s East Region, serving Trinity Lutheran Church in Kurtzville, Ontario. Pastor Reinhardt shares that this hymn was written for our dear brothers…
Rich or Poor
by M.L. Smith Several years ago, Harvard University invited Mother Theresa to fly to America to give a commencement address. The invitation stated that they desired “the most famous person in one of the world’s poorest nations, to address the world’s richest nation.” Mother Theresa…
Don’t Look Up: Last laugh or last gasp?
by Ted Giese In Don’t Look Up, director Adam McKay uses the fictional threat of an impending Earth-bound comet impact and reaction to this news as an allegory for climate change. Written prior to the COVID-19 pandemic but with filming starting in 2020, the movie…
Discovering where I might fit
by Julia Flor My father, grandfather and great-grandfather all found their vocation as Lutheran pastors. Now, with only my sister and me to carry on this tradition of church service, we need to look for new ways to use our gifts for His purposes. Of…
Generations Come and Go
by David Haberstock Holy Scripture lays down a pattern in Exodus. Moses, the white-bearded prophet (with a wonder-working staff) led the people out of slavery in Egypt, and he led the next generation in the wilderness and into the promised land. But due to their…
LCC Ukraine Aid Fund to support SELCU pastors and congregations
UKRAINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) continues calling members to prayer as the crisis in Ukraine persists. LCC congregations and individuals have requested additional information on how they can offer financial support to our missionary and partner Church, the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in…