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Author: Katie Helmreich

Discipleship Tools…

Your Cloud of Witnesses

25 Jul 2022
By Katie Helmreich Basketball, an afternoon at the beach, and a Rubber Band Boat Race Tournament bracket with a group of third cousins makes for a stand out great day.…

The Day After Perfect

10 Jul 2022
By Katie Helmreich Ah, summer... Sunshine and a more laid back routine. The kids are home doing their childhood thing. The Suburban has been packed, unpacked, and repacked for trips…
For My Friends

ADVENTURE!

22 Jun 202223 Jun 2022
By Katie Helmreich My daughter, Elise, just turned 13. It’s a big deal. So we decided to celebrate with a big adventure! Elise and I headed North for a two-day canoe…
For My Friends

Our Next (Hard) Project

14 Jun 2022
By Katie Helmreich Ben and I are project people. We've been building things together since our early dating days (some twenty years ago) and haven't really stopped since! Our next project…
Cultural Studies…

Take My Moments and My Days

8 Jun 20228 Jun 2022
By Katie Helmreich My alarm went off at 5:50 this morning. I hit snooze a few times, but then I remembered today's the day I'd arranged to swap kid-free hours…
For My Friends

Courage for a Small Step

26 May 2022
By Katie Helmreich My 5-year-old, Jane, has been looking forward to the end of year Preschool field trip for ages! "We get to go do gymnastics, Mom! Gymnastics!!" So we carefully counted…
For My Friends

*Click*

20 Jan 2022
By Katie Helmreich We’re near the finish line! A 1000 piece puzzle, with 360 Lego Minifigure Faces, almost done! Almost.  With this particular puzzle, few of our standard puzzle-solving tricks…
For Me…

Star Day!

11 Jan 2022
By Katie Helmreich I mailed my sister some star-shaped post-it notes this week. A package with a shiny star garland will arrive at her house tomorrow! My brother-in-law is out…
For Me…

Check Boxes, To-DO Lists, and Following Jesus

4 Jan 2022
By Katie Helmreich Happy New Year! Did you make any resolutions? I didn’t. I’m rarely one for long range planning or big goals. But I do love lists! We’ve had…
For Me

Embrace the Process

24 May 2021
By Katie Helmreich There's a special sort of beauty in the midst of a mess. I'm a fairly tidy person. I like to keep things organized as much as is…
For Me

The Moors of March

26 Mar 202126 Mar 2021
By Katie Helmreich I love winter, spring, summer, and fall! But March always catches me off guard. For my entire life, it's come right after February and before April. And…
For Me…

Be Still, and Notice

17 Mar 20213 Nov 2021
By Katie Helmreich I slept through my alarm this morning. Luckily, my early bird son woke up and noticed we were running late. Two out of three kids got dressed,…
Cultural Studies

10 *Good* Things about Daylight Savings

13 Mar 2021
By Katie Helmreich My Facebook memories lately have been full of my chronic complaints about Daylight Saving Time. Normally, I'm a fairly optimistic person so I challenged myself to find…
Discipleship Tools…

As I Have Loved You

1 Feb 202119 Jan 2021
By Katie Helmreich A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.John 13:34 (NIV) Kids! Quit needling each other. Why can't you keep your feet to…
For Me

What Will You Be When You Grow Up?

21 Jan 2021
By Katie Helmreich Some people are born knowing what they're going to do in life. Choosing a career, setting goals, or finding ways to serve seem to come as naturally…
Discipleship Tools…

Looking Back on My Sermon Sketch Notes

12 Jan 202113 Jan 2021
By Katie Helmreich I have been blessed by hundreds and hundreds of incredible sermons in my lifetime! But... I could probably only tell you about a few of them. And...…
Advent…

O Zoom, All Ye Faithful

16 Dec 202015 Dec 2020
By Katie Helmreich In those days a decree went out, that everyone should return to their own homes and stay there. This was the first pandemic in a hundred years,…
Advent…

Immanuel in Our Mess

9 Dec 202016 Dec 2020
By Katie Helmreich We're "real tree" people. Come what may, we load everybody in the Suburban and head to the tree farm early each December! I love the cozy, Courier and…

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