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Cultural Studies…

Holiday Prep with Lüthla and Güthla

2 Nov 2022
By Katie Helmreich Don't panic, but it's November. Blink and it will be Thanksgiving. Blink twice and it will be Christmas! THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO!! When Elise, my…
For My Friends

A Beautiful Day for Needing Jesus

8 Oct 20226 Oct 2022
By Katie Helmreich A few weeks back I shared about a particularly challenging season we've been going though. I'm happy to say that, for the most part, our skies have cleared…
For My Friends

Non-Judgmental Noticing

7 Oct 2022
The Next Step PodcastSeason 6: My Next Step, Vol 1: Getting StartedEpisode 2.3: Non-Judgmental NoticingDate: 06 October 2022Guest: Jamie Wiechman, Cofounder of Breathe Life Ministries Also available on: Apple Podcasts,…
For My Friends

The LORD is Not Slow. Say What?

3 Oct 2022
By Jamie Wiechman Does anyone remember the famous line from the 1980’s sitcom Different Strokes? Something doesn’t compute with Arnold Jackson. This little boy tilts his head, scrunches up his…
Discipleship Tools…

Noticing Your Emotions, with Jesus

30 Sep 2022
By Justin Rossow Emotions are simply part of who we are as human beings; which means our emotions are "beautifully and wonderfully made," and part of a fallen creation, both…
Faith Experiment…

RAIN-ing with Jesus

1 Jul 20222 Nov 2022
By Naomi Rossow I have been seeing my current therapist for about six months now. She is amazing, and we have been able to work through a lot together as…
For My Friends

Authentic Imitators

2 Jun 20222 Nov 2022
Created to Create, Part 3 By Visual Faith® Coach Valerie Matyas for the 2022 Creative Haven Retreat Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as…
Exegetical Study

Good Friday and God’s Failure

15 Apr 202230 Dec 2022
By Justin Rossow Of course, we know the big picture. We have the benefit of hindsight, and we know that the open tomb is just around the corner. Of course,…
Exegetical Study

Ashes and Curtains

1 Mar 20222 Nov 2022
By Justin Rossow “Dust you are and to dust you will return.” Those words, spoken to Adam in Genesis 3:19, come right after the Fall. They are words of judgment;…
For My Friends

Walking in the Light

5 Feb 20222 Nov 2022
By Kristeen Bruun I am in love with God again. It won’t last, I know that. It never does. But for now, I am enjoying walking light upon the earth,…
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Be Mine

3 Feb 20222 Nov 2022
By Alli Bauck Fear not, for I have redeemed you;I have called you by name, you are Mine. Isaiah 43:1b (ESV) For the past seven months I’ve been carrying around…
For My Friends

Go and Tell a Friend about Jesus

6 Dec 20211 Nov 2022
By Kim LongdenI’ve noticed that lessons for children in Bible curriculums oftentimes end with an exhortation for them to go and tell a friend about Jesus. This puts an image…

Emma

3 Dec 20211 Nov 2022
By Kristeen A. Bruun Ever since Emma turned twelve (she’ll be fourteen in a month) and could therefore fly without paying an extra surcharge for being an unaccompanied minor, she…
Faith Experiment…

Noticing My Need for Spiritual Rest

19 Nov 20212 Nov 2022
By Alli Bauck As a stay-at-home-mom with two active boys between the ages of 1 and 4 (and in my second trimester with boy #3), I try to make time…
Faith Experiment

A New Walk

21 Oct 20212 Nov 2022
By Raelyn Pracht I recently wanted to start a simple new habit to reach a certain step count every day. I knew two things going into this: (1) I needed…
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Living with Loose Ends

11 Oct 20212 Nov 2022
By Kristeen Bruun My son called recently to find out how and what I was doing. “I am clearing out,” I told him, and I also assured him that he…
Discipleship Tools…

Small Conversations

7 Oct 20211 Nov 2022
By Justin Rossow Sid is good at her job; and her job right now is to help unfreeze my frozen shoulder, something that has to be painful in order for…

Gifts Wrapped in Darkness

22 Sep 20212 Nov 2022
By Justin Rossow At the end of our congregational information meeting last night (on Zoom no less), one of my pastors was asked to close the gathering in prayer. “A…

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