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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 202316 Mar 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…

My CEF Faith Calendar

4 Mar 20234 Mar 2023
By Justin Rossow I wrote this article for the March, 2023 Michigan In Touch insert to the Lutheran Witness magazine. Thanks to the good people at Michigan Church Extension Fund…
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…
Faith Experiment

Priorities of Joy

9 Dec 2022
By Alli Bauck I shuffled down the dark hallway, letting out a sigh. It feels like I’ve been holding my breath; the half hour leading up to the boys’ bedtime…
Discipleship Tools…

Noticing Your Emotions, with Jesus

30 Sep 2022
By Justin Rossow Emotions are simply part of who we are as human beings; which means our emotions are "beautifully and wonderfully made," and part of a fallen creation, both…
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…

RAIN-ing with Jesus

1 Jul 20222 Nov 2022
By Naomi Rossow I have been seeing my current therapist for about six months now. She is amazing, and we have been able to work through a lot together as…
For Me…

Remembering Things that Make You Smile

16 Dec 20212 Nov 2022
By Justin Rossow I have been reading a book lately by Chris M. Coursey called The Joy Switch: How Your Brain's Secret Circuit Affects Your Relationships—and How You Can Activate…
Advent…

My Christmas Letter to God

26 Nov 20212 Nov 2022
By Alli Bauck Every year around this time I debate sending a family Christmas card. In previous years I have justified my participation in this holiday tradition because we had…
Faith Experiment…

Noticing My Need for Spiritual Rest

19 Nov 20212 Nov 2022
By Alli Bauck As a stay-at-home-mom with two active boys between the ages of 1 and 4 (and in my second trimester with boy #3), I try to make time…
Discipleship Tools…

A Prayer Life Audit

20 Aug 20213 Nov 2021
By Raelyn Pracht I have always been amazed and, admittedly, a bit intimidated hearing other people pray. Conversing with the Almighty seems to come naturally to my friends—the words dripping…
For Me

Embrace the Process

24 May 2021
By Katie Helmreich There's a special sort of beauty in the midst of a mess. I'm a fairly tidy person. I like to keep things organized as much as is…
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…
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…

Transitions

10 Mar 2021
By Alli Bauck Dictionary.com defines a transition as “the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.” As we acknowledge the anniversary of the COVID-19…

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