*This article is from the MB Herald archives, originally published March 19, 1993, in the column “Christian Mind.” Author Walter Unger (1936–2018) served the church as a teacher, administrator, and…
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*This article is from the MB Herald archives, originally published January 28, 1966. Author Walter Unger (1936–2018) went on to serve the church as a teacher, administrator, and board member.*…
How churches can respond to national grief Canada is a country of hockey and highways. So news of the deaths of 16 Saskatchewan junior hockey league (JHL) players and support…
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I’ve got a hockey game – why go to church?
by Ryan DueckI imagine I must have looked like a pretty grouchy 10-year-old, as I slumped into the church pew on a cold winter morning. There I was, stuck listening to a boring sermon while the rest of my hockey team was pursuing glory on the rinks of southern Alberta.
Once upon a time, my wife and I decided that our kids would not play hockey and, more importantly, that we would never be “hockey parents.” Hockey was expensive, brought out the worst in both kids and their parents, was expensive, unnecessarily violent, expensive, involved excessive amounts of travel and early mornings at frigid rinks… and was expensive.