All posts tagged david haberstock

September 1, 2025

Honouring Your Father and Mother as they Age

by David Haberstock “Honour your father and your mother.” – Exodus 20:12 My parents are with the Lord. I am an “orphan,” so to speak. But their legacy lives on. I have been greatly blessed by them. They imparted a great heritage of faith to me…

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April 19, 2019

From the Central Regional Pastor: Marking the Easter Vigil

By: Rev. David Haberstock What’s your favourite day in the church year? Some of my favourites are the quiet joy of the faithful few celebrating Christ’s taking on our flesh on Christ-Mass Day and His flesh being pierced for our transgressions and crushed for our…

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February 25, 2019

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…

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February 11, 2019

Burning Out: A Pastor’s Story

By: David Haberstock Something seemed off. What were we missing? I’m a pastor (best job in the world, right?). So how could anything be wrong? My family is ok. My marriage is ok. New parish. New challenges. Untold blessings that I am thankful to the…

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