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Doctor’s appointment: up close and personal with Martin Luther
Compiled by Ian Adnams The fifty-five volumes of Luther’s Works contain Dr. Luther’s Bible commentaries, sermons and essays. Volume 54 is called “Table Talk” and contains notes taken by guests and visitors to his home as they bantered opinions during meals. Rather than discourses from…
God opens the door to new worship location
Lutherans in St. Jean, Quebec have a new place for midweek worship, thanks to a partnership with the Canadian Forces. The local Anglican church where they met closed, leaving the group to find another location. Rena, wife of Pierre Couture, the group’s lay leader, contacted…
Lutheran aid workers help prevent further cholera outbreak in Haiti
HAITI – The Ministry of Health has confirmed the cholera outbreak in the Departement of Artibonite and the Central Plateau. More than 3,000 persons were hospitalized and 253 have died. Doctors in Port-au-Prince diagnosed five cases, all had travelled from the Artibonite. The government ministry…
Serving God’s people is a challenge and a blessing
Picture a major organization with a head office, three regional offices, 319 affiliates and three high-level training facilities looking for people to provide informed, expert, skilled leadership. Although a paid staff handle day-to-day operations, the direction and oversight comes from volunteers. The organization is a…
Work in Nicaragua wrapping up for former president
“This will probably be my last three-month stint in Nicaragua,” announced Rev. Dr. Ralph Mayan, president emeritus of Lutheran Church–Canada. Since retiring from the presidency in September 2008, Dr. Mayan has spent each fall and winter in the Central American country working with Iglesia Luterana Sinodo de Nicaragua…
How tolerant are Christians?
by Michael Keith In a speech responding to a pending Koran burning by a pastor in Florida, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said: “My God and my Christ is a tolerant God, and that’s what we want to see in this world.” What does tolerant mean?…
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