Category: Regional Pastors

April 24, 2023

Catechism as pattern of the universe

by David Haberstock God our Father created the universe by speaking it into existence, and by doing so He established meaning and order in all things. We live in the aftermath of the modern era, in which society’s understanding of the world is rooted in…

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April 17, 2023

What can I do?

by Marvin Bublitz I found myself asking that question again when I was talking with a friend who had been diagnosed with cancer: I said what I have said countless times to others in 32 years of ministry, “What can I do?”  After we finished…

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April 10, 2023

Why are you weeping?

by Robert Mohns A man holds his two sons closely. Before them is the grave and the casket-enshrined body of his beautiful bride. The wintery winds blow clumps of snow down upon the grieving family, and it seems to the man as though legions of…

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February 23, 2023

Here we go again

by Marvin Bublitz Perhaps it was at a wedding or other family gathering. Maybe it happened as a group of your friends gathered. Suddenly, one of your family or friends started telling a story. As they start, you find yourself thinking: “Here we go again.” …

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February 15, 2023

Demographics is destiny?

by David Haberstock Many of you grew up in or lived through the Baby Boom—all those babies born post-war between 1946 and 1964. In 1964, the birth rate plummeted (about nine months after Kennedy’s assassination, though it had been declining before that). Culture began talking…

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February 9, 2023

Where to start the New Year?

by Robert Mohns For many of us, the new year sets our minds on goals and plans. It’s a time to get a fresh start at tackling projects that we kept putting off in 2022 and to engage in new projects. But where do you…

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