Category: Regional Pastors

August 22, 2022

Looking Deeper

by Marvin Bublitz Look deeper. Isn’t that what we want? We don’t want people to simply judge us by what they see. We were all taught not to judge a book by its cover. Instead, we want people to look deeper. Well, sometimes. We don’t…

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August 5, 2022

Now what?

by Marvin Bublitz Now what? That is a question that often gets asked when life happens. A young couple finds out they are expecting a newborn… now what? How do we prepare? What needs to be done? Who do we tell? The doctor calls you…

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July 26, 2022

Is it all worth it? 2.0 — Reflections on three and a half years

by David Haberstock In January 2019, the second phase of Lutheran Church–Canada’s new structure rolled out as the District corporations stopped providing ecclesiastical oversight and three newly elected Regional Pastors took up the task. In my first column as Regional Pastor, I asked, “Is all this…

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July 4, 2022

Sent by the Lord of the Harvest

by Robert Mohns And Jesus said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in…

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May 5, 2022

In the midst of…

by Marvin Bublitz I recently heard it again. As I stood in the cemetery at the graveside of a friend, the pastor said those familiar words: “In the midst of life we are in death.” Taken from an old hymn, those words have long had…

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April 25, 2022

The Paschal Pillar of Fire

by David Haberstock On Easter Eve, congregations introduce a new Paschal Candle. This is when the Church marks the beginning of the 2022nd Year of our Lord (Revelation 11:15).  About half the churches in Central Region have a Paschal candle. This was not always the…

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