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Category: Discipling Leaders

Discipling Leaders…

Always Growing in Friendship: Intimacy VS Isolation

5 Feb 202123 Feb 2021
By Heidi Goehmann There was a time I thought friendship began with slumber parties and secrets shared in sleeping bags. I also thought friendship began on athletic fields and during…
Discipling Leaders…

What is Truth?

30 Jan 202130 Jan 2021
Radical Postmodernism might be Killing Us, but a Retreat to Modernity isn’t the Answer. By Justin Rossow I just got off the phone with a pastor I haven’t spoken to…
Cultural Studies…

To See Like Jesus

25 Jan 202125 Jan 2021
The disciples live by one set of metaphors. Jesus sees the world very differently… By Justin Rossow Jesus sits on the edge of a literal well, and is literally tired…
Advent…

What Child Is This?

3 Jan 2021
The Next Step PodcastSeason 3: Light in the DarknessEpisode 11: What Child Is This?Date: 03 January 2021Guests: Jeff Gibbs, Professor Emeritus, Concordia Seminary--St. Louis Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google…
Advent…

Joy to the World

26 Dec 202014 Jan 2021
The Next Step PodcastSeason 3: Light in the DarknessEpisode 9: Joy to the WorldDate: 26 December 2020Guests: Conrad Gempf, London School of Theology Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,…
Advent…

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

19 Dec 202021 Dec 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 3: Light in the DarknessEpisode 7: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep SilenceDate: 19 December 2020Guests: Pastor, author, and coach Jeff Meyer Also available on: Apple Podcasts,…
Advent…

Noel

12 Dec 202011 Dec 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 3: Light in the DarknessEpisode 5: NoelDate: 12 December 2020Guests: Artist Deanna Rossow& Author Heidi Goehmann Also available on: iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon Music. In…
Advent…

Emmanuel

5 Dec 20204 Dec 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 3: Light in the DarknessEpisode 3: EmmanuelDate: 5 December 2020Guests: Musician Brendan Knorp & Visual Faith™ Ministry Artist Ann Gillaspie Also available on: iTunes, Spotify, Pandora,…
Advent…

To Us

28 Nov 202028 Nov 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 3: Light in the DarknessEpisode 1: To UsDate: 28 November 2020Guests: Singer/songwriter Brooke Orozco & Visual Faith™ Ministry Artist Katie Helmreich Also available on: iTunes, Spotify,…
Cultural Studies…

Expanding Your Sermon Into The Week

24 Nov 202025 Nov 2020
An interview with Rev. Sam Fink This special episode of the Next Step Podcast captures a conversation between Rev. Sam Fink, Associate Pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church in Orchard…
Advent…

Introducing Light in the Darkness

15 Nov 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 3: Light in the DarknessEpisode 0: IntroductionDate: 15 November 2020Guest: Lead Illustrator Valerie MatyasAlso available on: iTunes Welcome to Season 3 of the Next Step Podcast,…
Discipling Leaders…

Direction, Alignment, And Your Preaching Ministry Post-Covid

12 Nov 202025 Nov 2020
An interview with Rev. Jeff Meyer This special episode of the Next Step Podcast captures a conversation between Rev. Jeff Meyer, pastor, author, coach, and consultant, and Rev. Justin Rossow,…
Discipling Leaders…

Themes, Sermon Series, And Preaching Post-Covid

4 Nov 202025 Nov 2020
An interview with Rev. Richard Rossow This special episode of the Next Step Podcast captures a conversation between Rev. Richard Rossow, pastor emeritus, and Rev. Justin Rossow, the founder of…
Cultural Studies…

The Tightrope of Faithful Unity and Division

30 Oct 202030 Oct 2020
By Justin Rossow Reformation is a day Lutherans celebrate what makes Lutherans unique. Which is good, as far as it goes, unless the day becomes a pat on our denominational…
Discipling Leaders…

Cultivating a Preaching Ministry in an Age of Covid (and Beyond): Think Compass, Not Canoe.

9 Oct 20209 Oct 2020
To build a preaching ministry that reaches people in today's communication environment, integrate your sermons into the discipleship life of your congregation. (Think Compass, not Canoe.) by Justin Rossow How…
Discipling Leaders

Sermon Series in the Age of Covid: Think Tinker Toys, Not Jenga.

30 Sep 20204 Nov 2020
To build a sermon series that reaches people in today's communication environment, build connections, not a tower. (Think Tinker Toys, not Jenga.) by Justin Rossow If over half of my…
Discipling Leaders

Sermons in the Age of Covid: Think Weekly Meal Plan, Not Sunday Buffet.

22 Sep 20209 Oct 2020
To reach people in today's communication environment, expand your one shot Sunday sermon into multiple communication channels. by Justin Rossow Our communication culture has been shifting for awhile. Covid may…
Discipling Leaders…

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

8 Sep 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 2: Ponder AnewEpisode 3: Great Is Thy FaithfulnessDate: 9 September 2020Guest: Rev. Dr. Reed Lessing, Concordia University, St. PaulAlso available on: iTunes When Season 2 of…

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