All posts tagged parents

June 24, 2026

A Reflection on Parents

by David Haberstock My dad (the Rev. Cliff Haberstock) was a wonderful, gentle model of the Christian life, and a kind father who answered my Bible history and theology questions. His calling as a pastor shaped his life and mine. As opposed to his quiet…

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November 23, 2017

A Faith to Live By!

by Paul Zabel During a recent trip to visit relatives in St. Louis, we sat down to eat our evening meal in a restaurant with our nephew and his family. Early into the conversation, my grand-nephew noted that he had just begun attending his first…

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March 1, 2016

Prodigal Sons and Daughters

by Kurt Lantz The little wisps of steam have ceased swirling around the cooling cups of coffee as moms corral their tots into winter coats and impatient teenagers drag their dawdling parents away with the rolling of their eyes. There are only a few left…

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November 10, 2014

Lois and Eunice, Servants of God

by Robert Bugbee “I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also” (2 Timothy 1:5). That was Paul, near the end of his life, writing…

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June 18, 2012

Our Father who art in Heaven

by Peggy Pedersen Children of God Not long ago, we had a visit from one of my five step-children. Even though I did not give birth to these children, still I look for reflections of myself in them. I love them, and wish for their…

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