Category: Columns
Deathly Hallows speaks to the soul
by Ted Giese At dinner I said to my wife, “I saw something for my Christmas list … there’s a 25th anniversary Blue-ray edition of the Goonies.” She said it made her feel old. A half-hour later we were sitting in the movie theatre waiting…
The battle of wills. It’s easy to pray “Thy will be done” but what does it mean?
by Ian Adnams One of the most difficult lessons we learn in the Christian life is total reliance on God. Every Sunday we pray the Lord’s Prayer and likely motor past the phrase “Thy will be done” without a second thought. Yet those words are…
Preparing our minds: We need the ability to out-think the church’s detractors
By Robert Bugbee You’ve surely heard reports along the way of how someone wishing to defend the unborn decided to attack—or even murder—an abortion provider. In recent weeks, the world held its breath while a Florida pastor proposed to show his opposition to Islam by…
A Son stands on guard…a Remembrance Day reflection
by Kurt Reinhardt As the snow drifts across the ground in the open fields around Trinity Lutheran Church outside Kurtzville, Ontario, one lone dark tombstone stands up out of the white blanket like a sentinel in the back corner of the church’s cemetery. The grave…
What about Halloween?
by Warren Hamp This year the costumes and plastic pumpkins were already in the stores by mid-August. Halloween is starting to look a lot like Christmas—the merchandising comes so early that the actual day might become a little anticlimactic for the kids. It also gives…
What caused Russell Williams’ crime rampage?
by Robert Krestick “What next!?, we are tempted to ask the Lord God Almighty. Our hearts are sickened as we consider the gut wrenching news of the horrible crimes committed by one man against so many unsuspecting victims. Two are dead and many more are…