Category: Columns
The end and the beginning of Easter
by Peggy Pedersen “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die (John 11:25-26). Do you believe this?” The thing about death is the regrets….
Welcome to a Holy Week life
WINNIPEG – More than 200 members of Lutheran Church–Canada congregations in the Red River Circuit (Winnipeg and area) gathered Sunday, April 17 for a Tenebrae Service at Saint James Lutheran Church. The evening service featured a mass choir, string and woodwind ensemble, and readings by…
Christians prepare for a spiritual rollercoaster
by Jacob Quast Sunday marks the beginning of the most holy week for Christians in which we receive constant reminders of our Lord Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection to redeem us from all sin, death, and hell. Ironically, the week begins with a triumphal procession….
Everyday fools
by Ken Maher “The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.” So wrote the ever-observant Mark Twain with his trademark wit and wisdom … and more than a grain of truth. April Fools’ Day…
No toy weapons against real foes
by Peggy Pedersen This week while I watched news coverage of fighting in Libya, a reporter discovered one of the combatants had only a plastic toy gun. At one point the man even risked death—braving live ammunition—trying to recover his “weapon.” How often in life’s…
Discovering God in a shamrock
by Kelly Klages Many stories and legends circulate about St. Patrick. Maybe you’ve heard how he is credited for driving all the snakes from Ireland, or how he explained the concept of the Trinity to the pagan druids using the three-leafed shamrock. What we know…
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