I just returned to Canada after four days at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, Switzerland. Four days of deliberation, of exploration, of consideration concerning the ever elusive answer to the…
(LWI) - The directors of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) and of the Anglican organization The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) have offered hopeful words about the…
National Bishop Johnson: Living out the call to be a church in mission for others
National and regional staff from several different Lutheran bodies in Canada are coming together for the first time to sponsor a Syrian refugee family. …
Commemorating the Reformation by sponsoring refugees
In a first of its kind, staff from the three Lutheran bodies in Canada have jointly welcomed a Syrian refugee family to Canada marking the beginning of a year-long commitment.
Canadian Lutherans find creative ways to keep ministry going
(LWI) - At 63, Carole McCormick is one of the younger parishioners in her home congregation, Faith, Powell River, Province of British Columbia. As council chair, McCormick finds…
“It is by making a difference that a church is big”
(LWI) - Churches flourish where people journey with each other, worshipping together, talking and listening to each other as they “gather and walk in Christ’s name,” the General…
Voices from the Communion: National Bishop Susan Johnson
(LWI) - Having grown up in a nurturing Saskatchewan environment with a family of pastors, one of whom was her father, National Bishop Susan Johnson says she always felt as…
