Category: Columns

April 8, 2021

Comforted by Christ’s Descent Into Hell

  by Timothy Teuscher Week after week and year after year we confess in the Divine Service these words from the second article of the  Apostles’ Creed: “He descended into hell.” But what do those familiar words mean? What comfort do we find in this…

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March 1, 2021

Do we really need Lent this year?

  by Marvin Bublitz Here we are in another Lenten Season, that time when, in sombre reflection, we consider our need for the Saviour. As the days hasten on from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday, the worship life of the Church is subdued. Lent is…

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February 24, 2021

Farewell to Alleluia

by Timothy Teuscher The omission of the “alleluia” (Hebrew for “praise the Lord”) during the season of Lent has been described as the church’s ‘fast’—a fast we observe until we hear the joyful news of Christ’s resurrection on Easter morning and that glad “alleluia” sounds…

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February 18, 2021

70 Vs. 40

by David Haberstock Some of you still remember the 1960s or ‘70s. Maybe you even remember the old one-year series of Bible readings (Lectionary) we used back in those days. Maybe your congregation still uses it. I mention it because about 70 days before Easter—three…

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February 16, 2021

In Review: Mulan

  by Ted Giese Slated for theatrical release in 2020, the 2020 live-action reimagining of Mulan by director Niki Caro was released instead on Disney+ in September, available to subscribers at an additional cost of $30. In December 2020, the film became free to all…

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February 11, 2021

Something New

by Mathew Block “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19). For those sitting in exile, the prospect of something new was the answer…

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