Category: Regional Pastors

December 24, 2019

Help is on the Way

by Marvin Bublitz As I travel around the East Region, at times I need to stay in hotels. Some are in bigger cities and some in small towns. When I stay in places like Montreal or Toronto, it seems that all night I hear sirens—ambulances…

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December 3, 2019

Lutherans are Advent People

by David Haberstock Change is all around us. Change can be good. It can be bad. But whether good or bad, change can cause anxiety. My life changed this year. I became a Regional Pastor and no longer serve a parish. My wife started university…

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November 1, 2019

The Comfort of the Communion of Saints

by Robert Mohns A couple of years ago I had the great blessing of walking along the Napoleon route of the Camino Santiago de Compostela in the northern Iberian Peninsula of Spain. One day in a local church, I made the observation that I had…

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October 30, 2019

Forever

by David Haberstock “It’s all falling apart. Attendance is down. My kids hardly come anymore. Our town is wasting away, and so is our church. For most people, belief seems to play second fiddle to the cares and concerns of life. I get so discouraged,…

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October 16, 2019

What Can I Do?

by Marvin Bublitz I am in Nova Scotia as I write this. Hurricane Dorian passed over our heads a few days ago. By the time you read this, it will be long forgotten by most, except those who lived it and are still putting things…

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August 20, 2019

What Kind of Trouble Can You Get Into?

by Robert Mohns In the last months, I have had the opportunity to attend both the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (ABC District) convention and the National Youth Gathering. I would like to commend the organizing committees, councils, volunteers, leaders, and participants at these events! We…

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