Category: Columns
Care for the Caregivers of Our Souls
by Robert Mohns When we consider church worker care, we often think first of financial support. Scripture makes clear that the church bears this responsibility. In Lutheran Church–Canada, however, such care has become increasingly difficult. In 2017, the LCMS found 42 percent of workers and…
Without Ceasing
by Mathew Block “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). This command—part of St. Paul’s parting words in his first epistle to the church in Thessalonica—is one that I confess I do not always keep very well. You don’t need me to tell you just how…
God At Work in the West Region
by Robert Mohns Throughout my years of service as the West Regional Pastor for Lutheran Church–Canada, I have witnessed the Lord’s hand guiding His Church, sustaining His people, nurturing them in faith, and welcoming the lost or those who have strayed into His kingdom. Many…
Study His Word
by Marvin Bublitz I have noticed that when many adults draw, their work looks like something a child would do. We shrug it off because not everyone is good at drawing… but I think there may be more involved. Someone was once asked why adult…
A Matter of Death and Life
by Mathew Block “And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars….” (Matthew 24:6,7). You don’t have to look very far to see the kind of instability that Jesus warned His disciples about in this passage. The Middle East. Ukraine. Sudan. Myanmar. Somalia. Haiti….
Memento Mori
by David Haberstock The Latin phrase “Memento mori” means “Remember that you will die.” Lent starts on Ash Wednesday with this same reminder: “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” Remember, in other words, that you will die. Death is all…