Category: Regional Pastors
Do You Have a “Cookie God”?
by Marvin Bublitz It’s that time of year when many homes are filled with the aromas of the season. I remember being a child when both our house and Grandma Schmidt’s house were filled with the wonderful aroma of baking. Mom would usually include us…
So Great a Cloud of Witnesses
by Robert Mohns The West Region of Lutheran Church–Canada is composed of 115 congregations, with roughly 30 (about 25 percent) vacant. About half of those are in the process of calling a pastor; the other half are, for various reasons, not calling. In an average…
Miserable Sinners
by Marvin Bublitz One day as I sat in the church office an elderly lady came in. She said she had been a member of that congregation years before, and she reminisced for a while as she walked through the church. She spoke of who…
Grateful Whatever the Season
by Robert Mohns This summer has seen the continued outpouring of God’s grace upon His Church, especially upon the congregations and workers, both lay and rostered, of Lutheran Church–Canada. In the midst of worker shortages, the Lord has provided newly ordained pastors and sent vicars…
You Can’t Do It
by Marvin Bublitz On a recent trip, I passed a large billboard in a field that read: “You can do it!” At first, I thought that it was a positive message that so many seem to need these days. Many are feeling helpless and hopeless…
Revivalism and Evangelism
by David Haberstock In my last few columns I’ve been talking about three “alternate” or fake marks of the Church: pietism, mysticism, and enthusiasm. Now I talk about the final one: revivalism. In his book, Has American Christianity Failed?, Brian Wolfmueller defines revivalism as the…
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