Category: Regional Pastors
Rushing through Christmastide?
by David Haberstock The end of the year is upon us. Things are speeding up, aren’t they? They’re hastening on, pushing, pushing toward Christmas. But what is pushing us? Christ? His Church? Or is it the pressures of the world? The push to spend, spend,…
I can hardly wait
by Marvin Bublitz Have you ever wondered how much time you spend waiting? You wait in line at one store or another. You wait at the stop light. You wait for a parking spot. You wait to be seated. You wait to pay the cashier….
Help! The communion wafers are stale.
by Marvin Bublitz It’s an interesting phenomenon. With the pandemic shutdowns and reduced numbers in our worship services, the wafers and perhaps the wine may have gone a bit stale. Maybe, if water was left in the baptismal font, algae is growing. Perhaps there is…
Who catechizes you?
by David Haberstock You might say that to be catechized is to be taught, whereas to be discipled is to put teaching into practice. Both are important. Practice without reasons behind it is empty, but teaching without action can be equally empty. But you…
Return to the Lord your God
by Robert Mohns “‘Yet even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.’ Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to…
A Change in Focus
by Marvin Bublitz O God, the protector of all who trust in You, have mercy on us that with You as our ruler and guide we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our…
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