Scripture Readings Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen! One of my kids’ favourite books when they were little was called “Pancakes, Pancakes!” It was written by Eric Carle. He’s the same guy who also wrote “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” His books always have this very distinctive illustration style too. It’s a hand painted tissue paper collage thing that gives the illustration a kind of weird styling. In the pancake

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen! Everybody knows the ‘genie in the magic lamp’ schtick. Aladdin. Disney. You know the gist. They find the lamp, give it a rub a dub and viola, a genie pops out and grants you 3 wishes. Imagine if it was true though. What would you wish for? My first instinct was to wish for unlimited wishes! But I’m sure that violates the genie’s fine print agreement somewhere.

Incredible blessing to be serving the church I was ordained in 20 years ago today! Pastors in the photo L-R: Rev. Tom Prachar, Rev. Dr. John Kreutzwieser, Rev. Jason Schultz, Rev. James Paulgaard, Rev. Luther Heintz, Rev. Darwin Pollard.

Lutheran Foundation Canada assists Lutheran donors in identifying, establishing and carrying out their charitable wishes (planned gifts) towards congregations, or the many mission and service organizations that support the ministry of Lutheran Church-Canada. You have likely already experienced the joy of giving to your local congregation or any number of Lutheran charitable organizations to help them accomplish their mission. What better way to thank God then by using a porti

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen! Back in the old country, a grandpa and his grandson were walking home from the market with their donkey. As they walked along, the folks along the way began to laugh and make fun of them. “Why are they both walking beside the donkey?! You’d think one of those fools would ride!” Upon this scorn and peer pressure, the old man put his grandson on the donkey’s back

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen! Do you ever notice how pretty much everyone loves Christmas? There in the manger lies the little Lord Jesus, cute and cuddly, asleep on the hay. Shepherds, angels, Mary, Joseph, and barnyard animals all gathered around the newborn King. The prophet Isaiah painted this beautiful picture centuries earlier: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! Father’s Day is another great reminder that none of us would be here without you! It really is fascinating when you think about it. God Himself instituted fatherhood and motherhood for the purpose fulfilling the original “great commission” at the dawn of creation: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of Go

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! One evening, a man was out for a walk along a beautiful beach on the pacific ocean. As he journeyed along his way, he was admiring the gorgeous sunset and the sound of the waves crashing onto the shore. He noticed another man down the beach in the distance. As he approached this other man, he noticed that from time to time this man would stoop down, pick something

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! Pretty much the last place on planet earth I’d ever choose willingly to go is to the hospital. Especially the ER. I’m impatient and hate waiting. In Moose Jaw, it’s an automatic 3 hours and probably more like 6-8 of just sitting around waiting to get looked at. Don’t you long for the days when the doctor came to your house and fixed you up with merely the contents

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! I’ve got a real interest in early church history. As Lutherans, we tend to kind of default to the Reformation with Luther and the other Protestants. But that was only around 500 years ago. What happened before that? How did Christians understand God and theology way back, like 1,900 years ago!? It’s fascinating really. Often we have ideas about God and faith that r