Category: Regional Pastors

September 1, 2015

Knowing Where Home Is

by Paul Zabel “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11: 28, KJV). Have you ever taken a vacation or gone on holidays and after a few days away from home thought or said…

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August 18, 2015

Finding the good

by Thomas Prachar As I write this in mid-July, wildfires are burning across several of our prairie provinces. A year ago, many communities were concerned about flooding or cleaning up the aftermath of an abundance of water. Today, lack of water combined with lightning has…

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May 11, 2015

Making the most out of life

by Paul Zabel “Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.” (Genesis 49: 22) Chapter 49 in the Book of Genesis is often referred to as the “Blessing of Jacob.” And rightly so, for in this…

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April 14, 2015

He is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

by Donald Schiemann We celebrated Easter at church this morning,” the eight-year-old said to his parents. “We talked about Jesus rising from the dead!” “But wait a minute,” the father said, “this is October. Easter doesn’t happen until April next year.” The little boy responded,…

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March 13, 2015

Your Best Friend

by Paul Zabel “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). Have you seen or heard one of those commercials currently being played both on television and on the radio in which the same…

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February 25, 2015

Take it to the Lord in prayer

by Thomas Prachar   “I’m so far behind, I think I’m first.” My administrative assistant, Lil, muttered this phrase the other day in an attempt to describe how far behind she was when it comes to the work in our office. I started to list all…

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