Faith Like A Child 19 Aug 202019 Aug 2020 By Kim Longden Oswald Chambers, a preacher who lived in the late 1800’s, says: A child’s awareness is so absorbed in his mother that although he is not consciously thinking…
Discipling Leaders… O God, Our Help in Ages Past 18 Aug 2020 The Next Step PodcastSeason 2: Ponder AnewEpisode 11: O God, Our Help in Ages PastDate: 19 August 2020Guest: Pat Maier, Co-founder of Visual Faith™ Ministry: https://www.visualfaithmin.org/ Also available on: iTunes…
Discipling Leaders… Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing 12 Aug 202012 Aug 2020 The Next Step PodcastSeason 2: Ponder AnewEpisode 10: Come, Thou Fount of Every BlessingDate: 12 August 2020Guest: Matt Hein, Senior Pastor,NewLife Community Lutheran Church, Flint, MichiganAlso available on: iTunes Season…
Discipling Leaders… Come Unto Me, Ye Weary 4 Aug 2020 The Next Step PodcastSeason 2: Ponder AnewEpisode 9: Come Unto Me, Ye WearyDate: 5 August 2020Guest: Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., Concordia Seminary—St. LouisAlso available on: iTunes Season 2 of the…
Discipling Leaders… I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus 28 Jul 20202 Aug 2020 The Next Step PodcastSeason 2: Ponder AnewEpisode 8: I Am Trusting Thee, Lord JesusDate: 29 July 2020Guest: Conrad Gempf, London School of TheologyAlso available on: iTunes Season 2 of the…
Discipling Leaders… In the Cross of Christ I Glory 21 Jul 2020 The Next Step PodcastSeason 2: Ponder AnewEpisode 7: In the Cross of Christ I GloryDate: 22 July 2020Guest: Katie Helmreich, Visual Faith Illustrator and Next Step Community AuthorAlso available on:…
Discipling Leaders… How Can I Keep from Singing? 14 Jul 2020 The Next Step PodcastSeason 2: Ponder AnewEpisode 6: How Can I Keep from Singing?Date: 15 July 2020Guest: Karen Hunter, Visual Faith IllustratorAlso available on: iTunes Season 2 of the Next…
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…
Discipling Leaders Discipleship & Everyday Life 27 Feb 202017 Jan 2021 On Sunday morning, as I sat way up high in the balcony with my boy, this prayer caught my attention: P: For those who are in danger of having the…
Discipleship Tools… Art that Preaches the Gospel 14 Feb 20206 Jun 2024 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…
Cultural Studies Tiberius Maximus: A Study in Scenes 6 Nov 2019 Scene Since I didn't pay the extra $11 to choose my own seat, I was in the middle (of course) between a woman with a yellow cardigan at the window,…
A Jackpot with a Countdown Timer 23 Oct 2019 Let's imagine this situation: in a very posh casino, with a very unique promotion, and some crazy luck, not one but two people end up hitting an "Easy Money" jackpot…
Discipling Leaders Seedbeds of Discipleship in Greenhouses of Grace 20 Oct 20199 Jun 2020 I've been reading a business book lately about what it takes to launch something new in an unstable or uncertain environment (welcome to my life). The book's got some really…
Discipling Leaders Please Pass the Potatoes 15 Oct 201923 Oct 2020 This blog is a response to A Full Table for Empty People written by my friend Steve Wiechman of Breathe Life Ministries. You really should go read that and then come…
Beloved, Just Lost 12 Oct 2019 It dawned on me in my devotion time just the other day that we usually think the Prodigal Son was OUT and then back IN again; outside the Kingdom and…
Uncategorized The Secret Code Prayer 9 Oct 20193 Apr 2024 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…
For My Friends A Place to Call Home 6 Oct 201922 Mar 2022 My sister moved this last week, and I got to help just a little. She and her family had been living in the same farm house my grandfather was born…
For My Friends I’m Not So Sure About Certainty 1 Oct 201914 Jul 2020 Certainty is kind of a tricky thing. I mean, there are some Bible passages that seem to make certainty something we all should not only strive for, but already have…