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Tag: Emotions

For My Friends

That Didn’t Go As Planned

22 Jul 2021
By Naomi Rossow I recently got accepted into Wayne State's College of Nursing (yay!), but it didn't work so smoothly. On June 29, I was sitting at work when I…
For My Friends

Blessings in the Midst of Anxiety

7 Jun 20216 Jun 2021
By Naomi Rossow I am at a point in my life where I am starting to create a life for myself and make decisions independent of my family. I have…
For Me

Unexpected Emotions

6 Jun 20216 Jun 2021
By Kim Longden One evening during the recent Memorial Day weekend I took a walk through our neighborhood. It was noticeably quieter than usual—many houses empty and closed up as…

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…
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 Me…

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,…
Advent…

Have A Very … Christmas

18 Dec 2020
By Justin Rossow I love Christmas time! Except when I don't. And a Covid Christmas brings up all kinds of mixed emotions (shaken, not stirred). My parents decided not to…
For Me

Mom’s Trash Can

15 Dec 202015 Dec 2020
By Kim Longden My mom went to be with the Lord six months ago, and one of the things we brought from her kitchen to ours was her trash can.…
For My Friends

Four years

10 Nov 2020
By Naomi Rossow With a presidential election on the horizon, our family was receiving at least three or more pieces of "vote for me" mail each day. My sister and…
For Me…

Insurmountable Power

13 Sep 2020
By: Naomi Rossow Awe-struck. That’s how I felt after an hour and a half conversation with my boyfriend. Awe-struck. He reminded me of the great, insurmountable power of God. I…
Discipleship Tools…

Disconnected

21 Aug 202021 Aug 2020
Note: This is an excerpt from the book The Emotional Devotional: Following Jesus in Every Emotion coming soon from Next Step Press. This book, written by teenage girls, for teenage girls, is meant to…
For Me…

O God, Where Are You?

22 May 202028 Dec 2020
By Naomi Rossow Sitting on the waterside patio with the lake air surrounding me, I was content. The sky was filled with different shades of blue, and the water reflected…
Discipleship Tools

Noticing Yourself With God

31 Mar 20208 May 2021
By Steve Wiechman I read this post the other day while quarantine Facebook scrolling: “Can’t go to work. No sports on TV. Who am I?” That’s funny on day two…

Susceptible to Comfort

28 Mar 20208 May 2021
By Jamie Wiechman A friend of mine called me yesterday – struggling. I was so proud of her for admitting that she wasn’t doing fine (it’s tough to ask for…
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