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A Tale of Two Synods
A Tale of Two Synods

When someone posted the above video of the Texas District that was shown at the Texas District Convention, I responded on social media in a tongue-in-cheek manner, saying that Lutherans would do well to have such polished productions as this obviously non-denominational presentation.

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Larry Beane Comments
Their Stolen Children Have Been Found
Their Stolen Children Have Been Found

Canada has been rightly shaken by the recent discovery of the bodies of 215 children at the site of a Residential School in Kamloops BC. For more than a century, the children of indigenous Canadians were forcibly separated from their parents and families to be educated at boarding schools with a view to their assimilation to the ruling culture and their being torn apart from their native language and culture.

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John Stephenson Comments
A Good End that Redeems Suffering
A Good End that Redeems Suffering

Today marks the 77th anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious assault in history. The invasion of U.S., British, and Canadian Allied forces, led by the U.S. Army, aimed to break open the World War II Western Front by land and airborne operations. The cost? Over 4,000 Allied soldiers dead, plus 6,000 casualties. German losses were heavy, with up to 9,000 casualties.

We rightly stand in awe of the incredible bravery and personal sacrifices demonstrated on the Normandy beaches in Operation Overlord. But we must be careful with our inspired emotions, lest modern sensitivities turn them into terminal grief over the staggeringly bloody battlefield.

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Jonathan Shaw Comment