Category: President’s Ponderings
Our Easter joy!
by Paul Zabel “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.” (Revelation 2:10) A number of years ago my father-in-law wove together a crown of thorns that I attached to a cross which was placed in the chancel of…
I know that my Redeemer lives!
by Thomas Prachar One of my favourite Easter hymns is a simple, easy-to-sing hymn that has been like a dear, old friend who visits often during the Church calendar, but especially at Easter. The hymn begins and ends with the phrase: “I know that my…
The rumblings of the rolling stone
by Glenn Schaeffer Every year thousands of people climb a mountain in the Italian Alps passing by the Stations of the Cross to stand before an outdoor crucifix. One tourist noticed an indistinct trail that led beyond the cross. Fighting through a thicket, he discovered…
On the first day of the week
by Timothy Teuscher “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, Jesus came and stood among them” (John 20:19). So we read in St. John’s Gospel concerning the first Easter—the appointed Gospel read every year on the Second…
Easter Greetings from the President of Lutheran Church–Canada
“He is risen. He is risen indeed!” With those traditional and familiar words, I extend my greetings to all the pastors and members of Lutheran Church–Canada congregations and pray that your ears would hear anew, your hearts be warmed and comforted, and your minds enlightened…
Like a little child
by Paul Zabel And Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:3). In the Saturday, December 30, 2017 religion section of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record newspaper an article…
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