Category: Columns
Nothing New this New Year
by Marvin Bublitz Well, it has happened once again. With the flip of a page, the calendar went from 2021 to 2022. And so we ask that good Lutheran question: “What does this mean?” Each of us will have a different answer. For some, 2022…
To the Ends of the Earth
by Mathew Block “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). So begins the very first verse of Scripture. This mighty God who needs nothing Himself nevertheless chooses to create a world with which He may share His love—to create a…
Ghostbusters: Calling the Reit Number!
by Rev. Ted Giese A down-on-her-luck single mother, Callie, moves her young nerdy science-obsessed daughter Phoebe and mechanically-inclined teenaged son Trevor to her estranged father’s farmhouse to settle his affairs after his sudden death. The dilapidated farmhouse holds secrets to a mystery slowly uncovered by…
God’s better gift
by Robert Mohns November was always a month of anticipation for us Mohns kids, because the Christmas catalogues from the department stores would reach our doorstep. We would eagerly flip through the pages in anticipation of what Christmas gift might be placed under the tree…
Rushing through Christmastide?
by David Haberstock The end of the year is upon us. Things are speeding up, aren’t they? They’re hastening on, pushing, pushing toward Christmas. But what is pushing us? Christ? His Church? Or is it the pressures of the world? The push to spend, spend,…
The Christmas Exchange
by Timothy Teuscher Friends, co-workers, classmates exchanging gifts at Christmas parties and at various get-togethers over the holidays. Family members gathered around a Christmas tree on Christmas Eve or early Christmas morning to exchange gifts. Stores crowded with people on Boxing Day exchanging those…
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