One in mission - a compassionate church

Historical series, 1. Delivered at the 1st biennial convention, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Ottawa, Jl 8 1987

Have no fear

Sermon preached at the fourth biennial onvention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Vancouver, 4 Jl 1993. Historical series, no 4. Matt 10:24-33

Gathering and Sending: Welcome, Greetings, Blessings Webinar 1

These words of Gathering and Sending: Welcome, Greetings, Blessings, were part of Webinar 1 (October 25, 2022) in the Series “For the Sake of the Gospel” hosted by the Remembering Today for the Church of Tomorrow Project in partnership with Martin Luther University College and Lutheran Theological Seminary. Karen Kuhnert opened with an Acknowledgement of Indigenous Neighbours and Territories

Gathering and Sending: Welcome, Greetings, Blessings, Webinar 2

These words of Gathering and Sending: Welcome, Greetings, Blessings, were part of Webinar 2 (November 15, 2022) of the Webinar Series “For the Sake of the Gospel” hosted by the Remembering Today for the Church of Tomorrow Project in partnership with Martin Luther University College and Lutheran Theological Seminary. Endnotes by Karen Kuhnert. Kuhnert opened with an Acknowledgement of Indigenous Neighbours and Territories

The Application of Linear Systems Analysis to Image Processing. Some Notes.

This report describes research done at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Support for the laboratory's artificial intelligence research is provided in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense under Office of Naval Research contract N00014-70-A-0362-0005.The Fourier transform is a convenient tool for analyzing the performance of an image-forming system, but must be treated with caution. One of its major uses is turning convolutions into products. It is also used to transform a problem that is more naturally thought of in terms of frequency than time or space. We define the point-spread function and modulation transfer function in a two-dimensional linear system as analogues of the one-dimensional impulse response and its Fourier transform, the frequency response, respectively. For many imagine devices, the point-spread function is rotationally symmeteric. Useful tranforms developed for the special cases of a "pill box,", a gaussian blob, and an inverse scatter function. Fourier methods are appropriate in the analysis of a defocused imaging system. We define a focus function as a weighted sum of high frequency terms in the spectrum of the system. This function will be a maximum when the image is in focus, and we can hill-climb on it to determine the best focus. We compare this function against two others, the sum of squares of intensities, and the sum of square of first differences, and show it to be superior. Another use of the Fourier transform is in optimal filtering, that is, of filtering to separate additive noise from a desired signal. We discuss the theory for the two-dimensional case, which is actually easier than for a single dimension since causality is not an issue. We show how to consumerist a linear, shift-invariant filter for imaging systems given only the input power spectrum and cross-power spectrum of input versus desired output. Finally, we present two ways to calculate the line-spread function given the point-spread function.MIT Artificial Intelligence Laborator

Insights from MLUC and LTS

These insights were shared as part of Webinar 2 (November 15, 2022) of the Webinar Series “For the Sake of the Gospel” hosted by the Remembering Today for the Church of Tomorrow Project in partnership with Martin Luther University College and Lutheran Theological Seminary. See also “Insights from LTS and MLUC Webinar I” in this Issue. Transcription and Endnotes by Karen Kuhnert

Insights from LTS and MLUC

These insights were shared as part of Webinar 1 (October 25, 2022) of the Webinar Series “For the Sake of the Gospel” hosted by the Remembering Today for the Church of Tomorrow Project in partnership with Martin Luther University College and Lutheran Theological Seminary. See also “Insights from MLUC and LTS Webinar 2” in this Issue. Transcription and Endnotes by Karen Kuhnert

Consideration of the Affirmation and Appeal, with Appreciation for the Work of Norman J. Threinen

This Panel was convened on October 25, 2022, as part of the Webinar Series “For the Sake of the Gospel” hosted by the Remembering Today for the Church of Tomorrow Project in partnership with Martin Luther University College and Lutheran Theological Seminary. The intention was to address the Affirmation and Appeal of 1970, to reflect upon the contributions of Norman J. Threinen, and to respond to CHAT questions from Webinar participants

The Last Whole XGP Font Catalog

This report describes research done at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Support for the laboratory's artificial intelligence research is provided in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense under Office of Naval Research contract N00014-75-C-0643.MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agenc

Remembering Canadians in Global Missions and World Service

“Remembering Canadians in Global Missions and World Service” is included in this issue of Consensus as it was part of the Call for Papers by the Remembering Today for the Church of Tomorrow Project. Additional details can be found at https://canadianlutheranhistory.ca/global-service