Discipling Leaders… Desert & Wilderness 16 Apr 2021 The Next Step PodcastSeason 5: Come, Holy SpiritEpisode 03: Desert and WildernessDate: 16 April 2021Guest: Rev. Walt Waiser Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon Music.…
For My Friends One Body; One Spirit 16 Apr 2021 By Justin Rossow Human beings are unique in all creation: God designed us to be physical and spiritual creatures. God gave us bodies and souls that belong together. That’s one…
Discipleship Tools… Key Concept Calendar Flip Book 15 Apr 2021 Beginning on page 140 in the back of the Come, Holy Spirit travel log, you will find a daily Key Concept Calendar where you can record the most important thing…
Discipling Leaders… Brokenness, Hope, & Baptism 9 Apr 2021 The Next Step PodcastSeason 5: Come, Holy SpiritEpisode 02: Praying "Brokenness, Hope, and Baptism"Date: 9 April 2021Guest: Heidi Goehmann, Deaconess, Licensed Counselor, and Author Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google…
For My Friends DOWN to Death and UP to Life 8 Apr 2021 By Justin Rossow Because of the natural patterns of physical life in a physical world, UP for us humans is active and awake and healthy, while DOWN tends to be…
For My Friends I Can’t Fix Everything 6 Apr 2021 By Kim Longden A few weeks ago my son’s goldfish died. Bubbles the Fish had been struggling for a few days, and at the ripe old age of three had…
Discipling Leaders… Praying “Come, Holy Spirit!” 4 Apr 20218 Apr 2021 The Next Step PodcastSeason 5: Come, Holy SpiritEpisode 01: Praying "Come, Holy Spirit!"Date: Easter Sunday, 2021Guests: Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., author and professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St.…
For My Friends On the Road Again 4 Apr 2021 By Justin Rossow Easter evening, as the day was coming to a close, two sorrowful and bewildered followers of Jesus found themselves on the road home. It wasn’t a long…
Discipleship Tools… Feeling Secure 22 Mar 202122 Mar 2021 By Naomi Rossow Secure: a feeling of calm washes over you and relaxes your body when you feel safe, in a place or with a person. When I experience security,…
Discipleship Tools… Praying the Emotion Wheel 20 Mar 202120 Mar 2021 By Gabriella Wiechman To give you an idea of how to use the emotion wheel, I am going to walk you through my process. When I am noticing myself getting…
For My Friends 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,…
Discipleship Tools… Transitions 10 Mar 2021 By Alli Bauck Dictionary.com defines a transition as “the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.” As we acknowledge the anniversary of the COVID-19…
For My Friends My Zoom Room 4 Mar 20213 Nov 2021 By Kim Longden I remember a year ago sitting with my Bible study group praying for those in the world who were facing the coronavirus. Unbeknownst to us as we…
Discipleship Tools… Spilled Wine 2 Mar 202123 Apr 2021 By Justin Rossow You know what they say about spilled milk. But I’ve never heard anyone say that you shouldn’t cry over spilled wine. I mean, if you drop a…
Cultural Studies… Loss of the Familiar 20 Feb 2021 By Jamie Wiechman Do you remember what it was like before life started throwing us so many curveballs? When work, school, sports, restaurants, churches, etc. were a standard part of…
Discipleship Tools… Ash Wednesday Keepsakes 15 Feb 2021 By Christi Gerloff I’ve always liked the feel of Ash Wednesday services. There’s just something special about the quiet, somber remembrance of what God did for us through His Son.…
Discipleship Tools… Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone 7 Feb 20213 Nov 2021 By Alli Bauck “Dear soul, little do [you] know that the abiding in Christ is meant only for the weak and is so beautifully suited to [your] feebleness. It does…
For My Friends Looking Ahead, with Joy 3 Feb 20215 Feb 2021 By Naomi Rossow I am 19 years old. I will be 20 next month. I am a full-time college student. I am an employee. I have a devotion book coming…
