Category: Columns
A Look Back
by Marvin Bublitz Once again we are at that time when we look back and consider the Reformation. Looking back can be a beneficial exercise. Recently, I have been looking back as my siblings and I have been going through my mother’s house to…
What’s Normal Anymore?
by Robert Mohns This spring, in the midst of all the challenging questions and chaos brought on by the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself driving in the countryside. My attention was drawn to things that I had viewed a hundred times…
The Epidemic of Fear
by David Haberstock There is an epidemic of fear these days. It’s understandable given all the uncertainty we are facing and the challenges we’ve been wending our way through. Fear abounds. And it cuts both ways. There are those afraid of getting sick in the…
A Word of Peace in Troubled Times
by Mathew Block “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in Me.” – John 14:1 It’s easy to be troubled at a time like this. Health experts are warning that Canada is on the cusp of a second wave of COVID-19….
In Review: Tenet
by Ted Giese Tenet’s lead character, the Protagonist, is a soldier with clandestine special training who is recruited into a temporal cold war to stop the future destruction of time and the material world. In this mysterious palindrome of a film he receives a code…
Leaving the Light On
by Timothy Teuscher “We’ll leave the light on for you.” That’s been Motel 6’s popular marketing slogan for nearly 35 years. The phrase also expresses well the reason why we observe the various festivals and commemorations on the liturgical calendar of the Lutheran Church (Lutheran…
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