Observation - November 3, 2017
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- Published on Sunday, November 5, 2017
Addy Oberlin
The Neepawa Banner & Press
Do you have many friends? The past week, I was amazed to find out how many friendships I have formed in the last 20 years in the Swan River Valley. Even my children were surprised and did not think their Mom will be in a hurry to move closer to her kids. When we get in touch with people and do things together we are bound to make friends.
Faithfully Yours - Knowing everything won’t change anything
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- Published on Sunday, November 5, 2017
Neil Strohschein
The Neepawa Banner & Press
October 26, 2017 was a day to which conspiracy theorists had long looked forward. That was the day when, according to legislation enacted 25 years earlier, all documents regarding the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were to be released. As the day approached, the question on everyone’s mind was: “What, if anything, will we learn about this tragedy that we don’t already know?” As it turned out, not much.
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Faithfully yours - Prayer changes people. Changed people change things
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- Published on Sunday, October 29, 2017
By Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner & Press
Several years ago, a North Dakota farmer organized a gathering in the middle of one of his wheat fields. Joining him were many of his friends, his neighbours and some of their friends—so it was a fairly large group. Clergy of all faith traditions were there as well. This was not a protest meeting. This was a prayer meeting—and that’s what caught the attention of a CNN reporter.
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Observation - October 20, 2017
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- Published on Sunday, October 22, 2017
By Addy Oberlin
Neepawa Banner & Press
It is with a heavy heart that I write the column this week.
Faithfully yours - Why God allows disasters — one possible answer
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- Published on Sunday, October 22, 2017
Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner & Press
Another of the questions Larry Powell asked in his recent letter (Sept. 29 edition of the Neepawa Banner), has baffled theologians for decades. It is also a question to which we often give a less than adequate answer.
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