"For many Native kids, the best place to get a listening ear is in a sweaty dressing room after a grueling game of hockey."

Rick Martin, LIM missionary in Manitoba, tried staying away from hockey. With all the counseling needs he and his wife, Linda, address in their ministry, other things seemed more serious. More important.

But, "Somehow, God seems to keep bringing opportunities back to ministry through hockey, and when I follow them He blesses."

Lutheranism desire to maintain whatever best contributes to good order, peace, and harmony in the church.

Here is a woe to them that laugh now, that have always a disposition to be merry, and always something to make merry with; that know no other use of this world’s good than purely to indulge that carnal joy that banishes sorrow from their minds, and are always entertaining themselves with the laughter of the fool.

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Generosity is meant to be shared, which also happens to be Ben and Natalie's motto for every event and action they take as they move forward.

The Bible reveals the Sacraments to be the means with which God distributes his grace and promises. God attaches his word of promise to the element of the Sacrament.

The Latin word "Sacrament" means mystery. God's gifts are given in God's mysterious ways. He offers, gives, and seals the forgiveness of sins earned by Jesus Christ.

Here is a woe to them that are full, that are fed to the full, and have more than heart could wish. They are full of themselves, without God and Christ.

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