Faith Experiment… #Lenten Walk, Week 5 30 Mar 202311 Apr 2023 By Alli Bauck “Hi, friends!” A familiar voice enthusiastically welcomes me. It belongs to Annie F. Downs, a woman I have never met; but she and I have been on…
Faith Experiment… #Lenten Walk, Week 4 22 Mar 202322 Mar 2023 By Alli Bauck If anyone is keeping track, we are over halfway through the Lenten season. (Resurrection Sunday is getting closer!!!) For me, personally, the last eleven days have been…
Faith Experiment… #Lenten Walk, Week … What? 16 Mar 202317 Apr 2023 By Alli Bauck This week felt like one step forward, two steps back. As Spring makes its anticipated arrival to the Kansas City area, the forecast last week was a…
Faith Experiment… #Lenten Walk, Week 2 8 Mar 2023 By Alli Bauck Wow. Podcasts are e-v-e-r-y-where! I started out my #Lentenwalk with a varied list of podcasts (see my first Lenten Walk blog); however, my Spotify library has doubled…
Faith Experiment… #Lenten Walk, Week 1 1 Mar 20231 Mar 2023 By Alli Bauck While visiting with a friend on the phone last night, she asked me how my Lenten walk practice was going. I laughed and reported that on the…
Faith Experiment… Lenten Walk 23 Feb 202323 Feb 2023 By Alli Bauck I placed the rectangular box on the table and ceremoniously lifted the lid. A brand new pair of tennis shoes was waiting inside. Peeling back the packing…
Discipling Leaders Readers Theatre: Look, Lift Up Your Eyes, and See! 18 Oct 2022 By Justin Rossow Just recently, I got to lead a Next Step Immersion Weekend at a congregation down in Texas (hit me up with a pm if you or your…
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.…
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…
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…
Cultural Studies… Social Media and a Sense of Play 16 Jul 2021 An interview with Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller In this special episode of the Next Step Podcast, Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller, Senior Pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas talks to…
Discipleship Tools… Walking in Prayer 26 May 2021 By Alli Bauck I remember being introduced to the concept of a prayer walk when I was in 8th grade. My confirmation class was enjoying a weekend retreat at a…
Discipleship Tools… An Experiment in Family Devotions 27 Apr 202127 Apr 2021 By Kim Longden For many years we wanted to have a family devotion time, but didn’t know where to start. Was there a specific format for family devotions? What resources…
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 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...…
Discipleship Tools The Place of Community 28 Jun 2020 Editor's Note: This daily Next Step resource is based on a four-part sermon series, "Oh, the Places You'll Go ... with Jesus!" from Trinity Lutheran in Clinton Township, Michigan. Download…
Discipleship Tools The Place of Mercy 21 Jun 202018 Jun 2020 Editor's Note: This daily Next Step resource is based on a four-part sermon series, "Oh, the Places You'll Go ... with Jesus!" from Trinity Lutheran in Clinton Township, Michigan. Download…
Discipleship Tools The Place of Dependence 14 Jun 202011 Jun 2020 Editor's Note: This daily Next Step resource is based on a four-part sermon series, "Oh, the Places You'll Go ... with Jesus!" from Trinity Lutheran in Clinton Township, Michigan. Download…
