My first column for the “Minister’s Minute” was published on June 16, 2019.
It has been a privilege writing for the Delta Optimist from a faith perspective on a near monthly basis since then.
I have recently accepted a new call in Vancouver and will be leaving. This is my last article. I would like to commend publisher Matt Blair, and editor Ian Jacques for continuing to include the “Minister’s Minute” in this newspaper. It is indeed a rare thing these days for a secular newspaper to give space to a regular religious column.
I thank my colleagues in ministry who regularly contribute. God Bless you in your writing.
Thank you to the readers, and especially those who have responded, to what I have written. I am going to miss writing these.
I would also like to take the opportunity to acknowledge the wonderful people of Benediction Lutheran Church, whom I have had the privilege of serving since 2015. The church’s motto is “blessed to be a blessing.”
I along with many others can attest that this congregation is indeed a blessing to this community.
Allow me to finish with the point I have been trying to make with different words in all my columns: God is real and God is for you! Hear the Good News! Jesus Christ died and rose for you! In Christ you will find divine forgiveness and eternal life. I proclaim this to you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
