Category: Regional Pastors

January 19, 2026

When reality does not live up to expectations

by Marvin Bublitz Have you ever been excited about something? I mean, really excited? You go over it in your mind. You plan just how things will go. You have it all laid out. Maybe it is the first day of school. Or maybe you’re…

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December 17, 2025

Christmastide Reformation

by David Haberstock In Luther’s day, the Western Church conducted the liturgy in Latin, even though few in Europe had spoken Latin for almost 900 years (the Roman Empire had fallen 1,100 years earlier, and Latin morphed into the Romance languages). As a result, the…

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December 8, 2025

God’s Goodness and the End of the Year

by Robert Mohns God is good always! As the church year draws to a close, we are given the opportunity to reflect deeply on the grace, mercy, and love that God has made known to us throughout the past year. The Psalmist, alongside other writers…

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November 4, 2025

Living as One Body

by Marvin Bublitz Times are changing in the life of many congregations. It seems like only yesterday that our pews were full and we had more than enough people to serve in offices. A vacancy was only for a short time, as the number of…

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September 23, 2025

Redundant

by Robert Mohns This summer I have spent time in a hospital among overflowing corridors filled with the sick, addicted, injured, and dying. As I have observed the human condition in that place, it has given me pause to thank God for the many redundant…

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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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