Category: Regional Pastors

September 15, 2025

The Australian Invasion, Part Deux

by David Haberstock Last fall I wrote about Redeemer in Winnipeg receiving a pastor from Australia, the Rev. Shaun Manning. On July 8, another church in Central Region, Christ in Thunder Bay, Ontario, received a classmate of his, Rev. Peter Noble. Rev. Noble, like Rev….

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July 7, 2025

Heaven’s Side of the Tapestry

by Marvin Bublitz Lately, I’ve been admiring a lovely tapestry I was given some years ago. Tapestries are wonderful things, woven together into an intricate beautiful scene. Each time you look at it, you see a different aspect than before. Some people lay tapestries on…

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June 26, 2025

Living Eternal Life

by Robert Mohns “Live your best life ever! Live the best version of yourself.” We are inundated with slogans like these, and a whole self-help industry has arisen to assist us in this endeavour. Some of it can be helpful in stewarding our physical and…

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June 19, 2025

Summer Camps

by David Haberstock Back in the 1920s, church leaders in the Manitoba-Saskatchewan District formed a Board for Youth Work. One of their concerns was the transition of younger generations to English rather than the German of their parents and churches. A significant focus of their…

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May 5, 2025

Train up the little children

by Marvin Bublitz Lately, I have been pondering parenting. It’s not an easy thing to raise children. You work and sweat to provide for them. You sacrifice your time and goals for their sake. You do your best and hope it was enough. Yet sometimes…

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April 28, 2025

Made to Live (not MAID to die)

by Robert Mohns In the opening chapters of Genesis, God formed Adam out of the dust of earth and breathed into him the breath of life. Taking from Adam’s side a rib, God formed Adam’s bride, Eve. No other part of God’s creation was formed…

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