Category: Columns
In the midst of…
by Marvin Bublitz I recently heard it again. As I stood in the cemetery at the graveside of a friend, the pastor said those familiar words: “In the midst of life we are in death.” Taken from an old hymn, those words have long had…
The Paschal Pillar of Fire
by David Haberstock On Easter Eve, congregations introduce a new Paschal Candle. This is when the Church marks the beginning of the 2022nd Year of our Lord (Revelation 11:15). About half the churches in Central Region have a Paschal candle. This was not always the…
A Joyous Debt
by Robert Mohns Debt. Over the course of our lifetime, we can accumulate a lot of it. I am talking about our sin and the accumulation of the debt of guilt as a result of it. We have sinned against our God in thought, word,…
The Eighth Day of the Week
by Timothy Teuscher A week, as we all know, is a seven-day period of time usually considered to extend from Sunday to Saturday. This pattern has been going on ever since the beginning of creation when God created the heavens and the earth in six…
The Cruciform Cosmos
by Mathew Block In his book, Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton writes that the shape of the cross makes a good symbol for our faith’s explanative power. Starting from a single point, the arms of the cross reach out in four directions. And no matter how far…
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…
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