Category: Columns

January 10, 2023

Back to Basics

by David Haberstock Is your church as full as it was about two years ago?  Recently I heard on CBC that Canada’s movie theatres and concert venues were averaging about 40 percent of their pre-pandemic attendance. This statistic is good to know, because if your…

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December 20, 2022

A white-knuckled Christmas

by Robert Mohns Within the area I serve there are numerous driving challenges, like sudden snow squalls. Dramatic drops in temperature during the winter months can make driving a white-knuckled affair. Drivers do well to take this into account and ensure that they are properly…

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December 12, 2022

We Value Vocation

by Timothy Teuscher “We value each person’s unique God-given gifts, talents, and abilities, enabling them to witness Christ’s redeeming love in all aspects and stations of life.” That is the fourth value statement identified as part of the Strategic Framework process presented at this past…

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December 8, 2022

Your Word Leaped from Heaven

by Mathew Block “While gentle silence enveloped all things, and night in its swift course was now half gone, Your all-powerful Word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne…” — Wisdom 18:14-15 This passage, taken from one of the books of the Apocrypha, is one…

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November 21, 2022

Black Adam: Triumphantly Average

by Ted Giese Black Adam is a DC film that tells the story of a modern-day return of a virtually indestructible champion Teth-Adam (Dwayne Johnson). Teth-Adam had been entombed for five thousand years following an ancient conflict with a tyrannical king, Anh-Kot, over the control…

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November 17, 2022

Always at work for you and in you

by Marvin Bublitz Many kids are returning to school as I write this, and I just watched a group walk past the house to catch the bus. It made me think back to my school days, certain memories that always seem to come back to…

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