Category: Regional Pastors

April 16, 2025

Morning and evening I will praise You

by David Haberstock Growing up in 1970s and ‘80s Saskatchewan, most everyone still had connections to the Church. Society still upheld basic Ten Commandments values. The Church was generally respected, and valued, if increasingly ignored in the day to day. For me, going to Divine…

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March 19, 2025

That’ll Leave a Mark

by Marvin Bublitz “That’ll leave a mark.” That’s a phrase I often heard on the farm or working in the machine shop. Someone would drop something on their foot, bump their head on a low beam, or strike the wrong nail with the hammer—and then…

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March 4, 2025

Sacred and Secular Calendars

by David Haberstock We live in time. Time is both linear and cyclical. Cycles of time such as seasons, yearly anniversaries, and recurring “holy-days” give meaning to our lives. On certain dates, we take stock of things, are reminded of our history, and review the…

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February 19, 2025

God in Man Made Manifest

by Robert Mohns In a recent interview, a man introduced as the champion of progressive news bemoaned the human condition, claiming it has come to lack the “progressive gene type.” He concluded that humanity has no capacity for progressive thought. The progressivism that he spoke…

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January 6, 2025

Blessing a home

by David Haberstock “The times they are a-changin’.” Over the last 20 years, most every pastor has had people come with complaints of strange phenomena occurring in their home, especially at night. It seems since the advent of Rationalism and the scientific method, we all…

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December 18, 2024

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…

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