Category: Feature Stories
What will people sing at your funeral? Does it really matter?
by Barry Wood Arranging a funeral is never easy for either the family or the officiating pastor. It becomes even more difficult when a family has lost its connection with the church as I discovered recently. In this situation, neither the deceased nor her family…
King James Bible turns 400
by James Chliboyko The year was 1611. Shakespeare premiered The Tempest, the British were investing in their Virginia colony, Galileo was keeping busy sketching lunar craters and war raged between Denmark and Sweden. That year also saw the release of the King James Bible, in…
We value unity
by David Bode Last year, 2010, was a good year for sports enthusiasts. In addition to annual events like the Grey Cup and the Stanley Cup, a number of major international events also took place. In soccer, the FIFA World Cup final drew an estimated…
Sharing God’s gardening gifts
by James Morgan As you go about planting your vegetable garden this spring, keep these words in mind from the hymn For the Fruits of His Creation in Lutheran Service Book: “For the plowing, sowing, reaping, Silent growth while we are sleeping, Future needs in…
The One True God versus everything else
by Peggy Pedersen “These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own…There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.” – G.K. Chesterton Recently I had a conversation with some…
The end and the beginning of Easter
by Peggy Pedersen “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die (John 11:25-26). Do you believe this?” The thing about death is the regrets….
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