Category: Presidential Perspectives

December 3, 2019

Lutherans are Advent People

by David Haberstock Change is all around us. Change can be good. It can be bad. But whether good or bad, change can cause anxiety. My life changed this year. I became a Regional Pastor and no longer serve a parish. My wife started university…

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November 1, 2019

The Comfort of the Communion of Saints

by Robert Mohns A couple of years ago I had the great blessing of walking along the Napoleon route of the Camino Santiago de Compostela in the northern Iberian Peninsula of Spain. One day in a local church, I made the observation that I had…

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October 30, 2019

Forever

by David Haberstock “It’s all falling apart. Attendance is down. My kids hardly come anymore. Our town is wasting away, and so is our church. For most people, belief seems to play second fiddle to the cares and concerns of life. I get so discouraged,…

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October 29, 2019

As Angels Do Above

by Timothy Teuscher On the last Sunday in September and October this year, there are two significant days on the church calendar: the festival of St. Michael and All Angels (September 29) and the observance of Reformation Day (transferred to October 27). The First Reading…

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October 16, 2019

What Can I Do?

by Marvin Bublitz I am in Nova Scotia as I write this. Hurricane Dorian passed over our heads a few days ago. By the time you read this, it will be long forgotten by most, except those who lived it and are still putting things…

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August 28, 2019

Our Partnership in the Gospel

by Timothy Teuscher “I thank my God in all my remembrance of you… because of your partnership in the Gospel from the first day until now” (Philippians 1:3, 5). It is significant that the word “partnership” which Paul uses in these verses comes from the…

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