Category: Columns
So Great a Cloud of Witnesses
by Robert Mohns The West Region of Lutheran Church–Canada is composed of 115 congregations, with roughly 30 (about 25 percent) vacant. About half of those are in the process of calling a pastor; the other half are, for various reasons, not calling. In an average…
Last Things First
by Mathew Block In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the church observes Advent. In this season, we remember the waiting of God’s people in anticipation of the first coming of the Son of God in His incarnation. And we also look forward with hope…
Joker: Folie à Deux: “A Clown with His Pants Falling Down”
by Ted Giese Imprisoned in Gotham’s dismal Arkham Asylum for the criminally insane, Arthur Fleck awaits trial for multiple counts of murder. There, in a music program in the minimum security wing, Fleck meets Harleen ‘Lee’ Quinzel. The disturbed Fleck and psychotic Quinzel fall into…
What is Your Holy Calling?
by Timothy Teuscher In the first section of the Small Catechism, which contains the familiar six chief parts of Christian doctrine, we read these words: “Confession has two parts. First, that we confess our sins, and second, that we receive absolution, that is, forgiveness from…
Miserable Sinners
by Marvin Bublitz One day as I sat in the church office an elderly lady came in. She said she had been a member of that congregation years before, and she reminisced for a while as she walked through the church. She spoke of who…
An Australian Invasion!
by David Haberstock Thanks be to God, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Winnipeg finally has a pastor! Her last pastor accepted and moved to a new call in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic that shut the world down. Finally, after four long…
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