Category: Columns

October 31, 2023

Today’s Issues and the Church

by Timothy Teuscher Diversity… Inclusiveness… Social Justice… Woke Culture… Critical Race Theory… Gender Identity… Cancel Culture. We’ve been inundated with these terms over the past few years by the media, politicians, educators, advertisers, the sports sector, businesses, entertainment industry, and, yes, even religious leaders. Many…

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October 26, 2023

Hope Without Wavering

by Robert Mohns I recently visited Grace Lutheran Church in Port Alberni on the occasion of their 75th anniversary. I should have been out there in June, but fires prevented the celebration from taking place at that time. The congregation chose Hebrews 10:23 for their…

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October 19, 2023

Questions, Questions, Questions

by Marvin Bublitz It seems that very often there are a flood of questions which come your way. An interesting thing about questions though is that sometimes they can reveal more about the person asking them than the answers do. Sometimes the questions people ask…

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October 11, 2023

More than Mindfulness

by Mathew Block In recent years, there has been a growing focus on “mindfulness” as a way of managing stress, anxiety, and other mental health concerns. The practice, which is derived from Eastern religions, encourages people to engage in a sort of self-aware meditation on…

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September 8, 2023

In Praise of Low-Tech Worship

by David Haberstock After the unpleasantness of 2020-2022, we are starting to feel almost back to normal. But what hasn’t left me is the banality of screens. Prior to the pandemic, I was already grappling with too much screen time and its impacts. But the…

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September 5, 2023

In Review: The Deadly Five

By Ted Giese Set against the rugged backdrop of the Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858, Raymond Maher’s book The Deadly Five tells the story of an unlikely group of men who form a unique bond over two years of prospecting as they, along with…

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