Category: Presidential Perspectives
Are you my mother?
by Robert Mohns P.D. Eastman once wrote a classic children’s reader entitled Are You My Mother? Perhaps you are familiar with the work. It’s about a newly hatched bird whose mother left him for a time. The story follows the little chick’s adventure to discover…
How long, O Lord?
by Marvin Bublitz A little while ago I had the joy to install the new Assistant Pastor at Holy Cross, Kitchener. As I sat in the chancel, I looked out at full pews. The saints were sitting shoulder to shoulder. It was a great sight after…
We Value Relationships
by Timothy Teuscher We value relationships; that is, respecting one another as children of God, demonstrating love in all things because He first loved us.” This is the seventh and final value statement identified by pastors, deacons, and lay people from across our synod as…
We Value Trust
by Timothy Teuscher “We value telling the truth in love, doing what we say we will do, and stewarding all ministry resources to the glory of God.” That is the sixth value statement or core principle which undergirds and reflects what our walking together as…
We Value Sanctity of Life
by Timothy Teuscher “We value life as a gift of God to be cherished, nurtured, and protected from conception to natural death.” That is the fifth value statement as to what walking together as pastors, deacons, and congregations in our synodical family means and involves….
We Value Vocation
by Timothy Teuscher “We value each person’s unique God-given gifts, talents, and abilities, enabling them to witness Christ’s redeeming love in all aspects and stations of life.” That is the fourth value statement identified as part of the Strategic Framework process presented at this past…