Uncategorized Continue 11 Apr 202311 Apr 2023 By Alli Bauck It is finished. Lent/Holy Week/Easter 2023 ended with an exclamation mark of joyous singing and enthusiastic high-fiving (by my 2.5 year old). But it’s not over. (Alleluia, it’s not…
Cultural Studies… Helpless Waiting 2 May 20222 Nov 2022 By Justin Rossow This Easter I was struck by a detail I don’t remember seeing before. In fact, I didn’t even see it this year until my second or third…
Discipleship Tools… Family Devotion Calendar 18 Apr 202213 Apr 2022 By Justin Rossow Our mission at Next Step Press is to cultivate the kinds of people and resources that help you delight in taking a next step following Jesus. In…
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 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 Our Resurrection Garden 29 Mar 2021 By Kim Longden One of my family’s favorite Easter traditions centers around the yearly planting of our Resurrection Garden. We started the Resurrection Garden tradition several years ago, and although…
For My Friends We Will Rise Up from These Ashes 9 Jul 20209 Jul 2020 By Miriam Rossow It has been almost eight years since we moved to Michigan. We moved in December, had a house to sell in Texas, and so moved into my…
For My Friends The Tide Has Turned 4 May 2020 By: Kristeen Bruun In these days of “shelter at home,” I’ve been re-reading (for the tenth or so time) The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I thought now…
Discipleship Tools… See and Remember 28 Apr 2020 By Pat Maier People ask, “Why visual faith? What is the purpose and benefit?” When we share about the blessings behind this spiritual discipline, we point to the underlying principle…
Discipling Leaders… We Will Rise 19 Apr 202010 Jan 2021 The Next Step PodcastSeason 1: When from Death I'm FreeEpisode 12: "We Will Rise"Date: 19 April 2020Guest: Visual Faith Illustrator Karen HunterAlso available on: iTunes The closing chapter of When…
Discipling Leaders… This Dust 15 Apr 202010 Jan 2021 The Next Step PodcastSeason 1: When from Death I'm FreeEpisode 10: "This Dust"Date: 15 April 2020Guests: Brendan Knorp, Concordia, Kirkwood and singer/songwriter Kip Fox Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon…
Discipling Leaders… I Know That My Redeemer Lives 12 Apr 202010 Jan 2021 The Next Step PodcastSeason 1: When from Death I'm FreeEpisode 11: "I Know that My Redeemer Lives"Date: Easter Sunday, 2020Guest: Visual Faith Illustrator Ann Gillaspie Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora,…
Keeping Vigil 29 Mar 202028 Mar 2020 By Kris Bruun Louisa May Alcott’s classic, Little Women, begins with the sentence, “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.” I understand how Jo March feels. As the weeks wear…
Cultural Studies Preparing for Holy Week in the Age Covid-19 12 Mar 2020 By Kris Bruun I have always loved Holy Week. I grew up in a small town in northern Wisconsin when the culture in such places was still imbued with religious…
Discipleship Tools… Reflections from “On That Morning” 9 Mar 202031 Mar 2020 By Pat Maier As one of the illustrators for When from Death I'm Free: A Hymn Journal for Holy Week, I was privileged to be the visual artist for the…
Discipleship Tools Kip Fox, Words & Music 20 Feb 202027 Mar 2020 When from Death I'm Free: A Hymn Journal for Holy Week has been a #1 New Release on Amazon for a week now. One of the things that makes this…
