For My Friends Our Next (Hard) Project 14 Jun 2022 By Katie Helmreich Ben and I are project people. We've been building things together since our early dating days (some twenty years ago) and haven't really stopped since! Our next project…
Cultural Studies… Take My Moments and My Days 8 Jun 20228 Jun 2022 By Katie Helmreich My alarm went off at 5:50 this morning. I hit snooze a few times, but then I remembered today's the day I'd arranged to swap kid-free hours…
For My Friends Courage for a Small Step 26 May 2022 By Katie Helmreich My 5-year-old, Jane, has been looking forward to the end of year Preschool field trip for ages! "We get to go do gymnastics, Mom! Gymnastics!!" So we carefully counted…
Exegetical Study… Paul’s Letter of Recommendation 24 Feb 202224 Feb 2022 By Conrad Gempf If you want to understand the difficulties Paul had in his relationship with the church he founded in Corinth, 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 tells you almost everything you need…
Be Mine 3 Feb 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…
Discipleship Tools… Overcoming Momentum 25 Jan 202225 Jan 2022 By Justin Rossow What do you need to follow Jesus? In a very real sense, the answer to that question is, quite simply, nothing. You don’t need anything more than…
For My Friends *Click* 20 Jan 2022 By Katie Helmreich We’re near the finish line! A 1000 piece puzzle, with 360 Lego Minifigure Faces, almost done! Almost. With this particular puzzle, few of our standard puzzle-solving tricks…
For My Friends For His Bed A Cattle Stall 21 Dec 202121 Dec 2021 By Justin Rossow "Infant holy, infant lowly, for his bed a cattle stall..." I wonder why so many people go out of their way to get together over Christmas. I…
Cultural Studies… I Long to See You Face to Face 29 Oct 20212 Nov 2021 It’s been a rather confusing year for worship. We’re called to stay focused on relationship. By Justin Rossow As COVID-19 drags on (and on, and on, and on...), our novel…
Discipleship Tools… Small Conversations 7 Oct 2021 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…
For Me… The Christ in the Mouth of My Brother or Sister 7 Sep 20217 Sep 2021 By Justin Rossow Our youngest daughter started high school today. Oof. I remember my dad dropping me off for my first day of high school, so it was an honor…
For Me Send Somebody; Anybody! 27 May 20213 Nov 2021 By Justin Rossow I have been sad all day today. I can't really tell you why. Or, rather, the sadness comes from many different sources, some of which I am…
Discipling Leaders… Visual Faith & The Secret Code Prayer 11 May 2021 The Next Step PodcastSeason 5: Come, Holy SpiritEpisode 07: Visual Faith and The Secret Code PrayerDate: 11 May 2021Guest: Connie Denninger, Co-Founder of Visual Faith™ Ministry Also available on: Apple…
For Me… I Got Rhythm! 7 May 2021 By Justin Rossow I grew up with The Muppet Show, and I clearly remember a scene where Fozzie Bear sings his rendition of “I Got Rhythm!” Fozzie obviously doesn’t have…
For Me… 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…
For Me… 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 Me… 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…
For Me… 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…
