Category: Columns

July 4, 2022

Sent by the Lord of the Harvest

by Robert Mohns And Jesus said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in…

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June 8, 2022

Like Seed into the Ground

by Mathew Block Jesus told a parable: “A sower went out to sow…” And you know the rest. Some seed fell on the path and was eaten by birds. Some fell on rocky ground where it grew a little, before ultimately shriveling in the sun…

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June 6, 2022

In Review – Spider-Man: No Way Home

NOTE: Spoilers follow. by Ted Giese At the end of 2019’s Spider-Man: Far from Home the villain Mysterio revealed to the world Spider-Man’s secret identity. Spider-Man: No Way Home begins with Peter Parker dealing with the pressures of suddenly being known publicly as Spider-Man, and…

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June 6, 2022

The Batman: A darker caped crusader

by Ted Giese When Mayor Don Mitchell, Jr. is murdered, Lt. James Gordon brings Gotham City’s cowled vigilante into the homicide investigation, because a card addressed to “The Batman” is found at the crime scene. The card contains a cipher and a riddle which leads…

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May 5, 2022

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…

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April 25, 2022

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…

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