Pastor Ed Borchardt
- By Pastor Ed Borchardt, Zion Lutheran Church, HardwickNovember 05, 2025Do you recall the television commercial, “Is it Chinet?” The word “china” was a play on words to emphasize their strength and durability compared to a regular paper plate. The Chinet commercial claimed, “It takes five of these (ordinary) paper plates to stack up to the molded strength of one Chinet paper plate china.” I don’t remember the first time using a heavy-duty paper plate. I do remember…
- By Pastor Ed Borchardt, Zion Lutheran Church, HardwickAugust 13, 2025I was recently asked, “Why is church membership important?” I thought that was a very good question. I understand some churches no longer have a membership. I’m not sure of the reasons. I can also understand such a question when the sad truth is that less than 30 percent of membership in a church is active. Active means to participate in a regular worship service (two to three times per month)…
- By Pastor Ed Borchardt, Zion Lutheran Church, HardwickMay 21, 2025The Gospel of John gives an account of a man who had been an invalid for 38 years. He is helpless in regard to helping himself to a pool (known to have healing remedies) which may help his condition. For 38 years friends, family, neighbors, strangers, no one helps him. Here we find him sitting on a mat. This mat is a tool. A mat is used for sitting, keeping the heat off his bottom side. A…
- By Pastor Ed Borchardt, Zion Lutheran Church, HardwickFebruary 26, 2025Ever feel as if you missed out on something? You are hungry for that brownie, but the kids ate the last ones. You missed getting through the green stoplight by that much and now have to wait for the train, which is in slow motion. The person in front of you won the store giveaway. Missed it by that much. The sale ended the day before. Really? Ever since you were born a day late or a day early?…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 23, 2024For Pastor Ed Borchardt, life experiences overlap as the rural Wisconsin native settles into leading the Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick. He returns to an agricultural community, with which he is familiar. Borchardt spent part of his youth on a dairy farm near Abbotsford in central Wisconsin. At age 14, he moved with his family into the small town of Abbotsford. “Farming wasn’t at the time…
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