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Spilled Wine

2 Mar 20216 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…
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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.…
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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...…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Place of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

7 Jun 20207 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…
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Handling the Word: The Music, Art, and Meditation of “Hymn Journaling”

20 Mar 202028 Dec 2020
The “Bible Journaling craze,” as Christianity Today called in back in 2016, has continued to grow, expand, and morph into a variety of spiritual practices and disciplines. One recent twist:…
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Prayer Space for Covid-19

16 Mar 202028 Dec 2020
By Pat Maier Everybody’s talking about the COVID-19. The conversation began over a month ago when the threat seemed far, far away - today it’s in our backyard. We have…
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Permission Granted

25 Feb 202010 Jun 2020
By Valerie Matyas In the creative journaling world there is something called a “Permission Page” or a “Dedication Page.” This opening sheet is typically found at the beginning of a…
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An Opening Door

22 Feb 202020 Mar 2020
By Ed Warzyniec I received a copy of "You Follow Me" from my good and longtime friend Jim Fink. Jim is a member of our Saturday Morning Men's Bible Study/Prayer…
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Art that Preaches the Gospel

14 Feb 2020
God, it seems, has always been partial to art. Oh, sure, there is the command against creating graven images given on Mount Sinai: but that command seems to be focused fairly…
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A Walk through the Secret Code Prayer

3 Dec 20193 Sep 2020
Valerie Matyas, a Visual Faith Coach, gives a brief overview of the Secret Code Prayer in the video, below. I adapted that prayer for one of the discipleship experiments in…
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The Secret Code Prayer

9 Oct 20198 Apr 2020
Have you ever run a discipleship experiment? When was the last time you tried something new related to following Jesus or being shaped by him? I think a spirit of…

Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow

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