All posts tagged Rev. David Haberstock
LCC welcomes new Associate Director – Family Ministries
WINNIPEG – On July 31, Dcn. Samantha Neeb was installed as Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s Associate Director – Family Ministries, with an official start date of August 1, 2025. “I look forward to starting in this new position with excitement and humility, asking God to direct my…
Morning and evening I will praise You
by David Haberstock Growing up in 1970s and ‘80s Saskatchewan, most everyone still had connections to the Church. Society still upheld basic Ten Commandments values. The Church was generally respected, and valued, if increasingly ignored in the day to day. For me, going to Divine…
Sacred and Secular Calendars
by David Haberstock We live in time. Time is both linear and cyclical. Cycles of time such as seasons, yearly anniversaries, and recurring “holy-days” give meaning to our lives. On certain dates, we take stock of things, are reminded of our history, and review the…
Blessing a home
by David Haberstock “The times they are a-changin’.” Over the last 20 years, most every pastor has had people come with complaints of strange phenomena occurring in their home, especially at night. It seems since the advent of Rationalism and the scientific method, we all…
A Fast From Enthusiasm
by David Haberstock Are you worn out? Life is so taxing these days. Never enough hours in the day. Never enough energy to face the evils around us. And yet, you are supposed to be happy, successful, living your best life now. I just don’t…
Dead tradition
by David Haberstock “Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name.” – Jaroslav Pelikan, The Vindication of Tradition In the Disney…