Category: President’s Ponderings
From the East Regional Pastor: A look in the Lenten mirror
By: Marvin Bublitz As I write this, we are in the midst of another Lenten season. Growing up, Lent was always my favourite time of the Church Year. I found it to be the most genuine and spiritual. Mid-week services in Lent did not suffer…
From the President: Thinking Of Sin But Lightly
By: Timothy Teuscher In the familiar Lenten hymn, “Jesus, Refuge of the Weary” (LSB: 423.2), we sing these words: “Do we pass that cross unheeding, Breathing no repentant vow, Though we see You wounded, bleeding, See Your thorn-encircled brow?” As I was contemplating those words,…
From the West Regional Pastor: I Have a Confession to Make
By: Rev. Robert Mohns I have a confession to make. I have a weight problem. The weight problem I am thinking about started about this time last year. I was concerned about what I should take and the maximum amount of weight I could carry on…
From the West Regional Pastor: Trees Endure for Generations
By: Rev. Robert Mohns Trees endure for generations. They present a powerful contrast with human mortality. “There is hope for a tree,” says the book of Job. “If it is cut down it will sprout again; Its tender shoots will not cease. If its roots are…
From the Central Regional Pastor: Is All This Worth It?
By: Rev. David Haberstock Is all this worth it? A lot of energy, man-hours, passion, and sweat has been poured into this new Synod structure thing. And yet here we are a few months into not only the new structure but now the new “Regional…
From the President – Present in the Holy Word
By: Timothy Teuscher 2019 marks the 500th Anniversary of the Leipzig Debate which was held in the summer of 1519. At that time, Martin Luther met with the Roman theologian, Johann Eck, to debate issues surrounding indulgences, purgatory, and penance, subjects first raised as a…