For My Friends Fun for Fun’s Sake 20 Nov 202419 Nov 2024 By Deanna Rossow I recently attended a seminar on “Play as a Spiritual Practice.” Heidi Goehmann helped us explore the definition of play as something that we do by our…
Cultural Studies Thou with a capital T 24 Jul 202424 Jul 2024 By Conrad Gempf I don’t think it’s all in my head; I think some of the language of worship has changed since I was little. I feel like we say Holy…
For My Friends Patience Is Kindness Is Love 23 May 202422 May 2024 By Jamie Wiechman Two years ago the following scenario played out in my mind during my prayer time. I was on one side of a chasm and the Father was…
For My Friends… Scarred Perfection 15 May 202415 May 2024 From a Fellow Traveler This week marks the end of my wife’s chemo treatment. Four months and eight cycles in total. The last couple rounds were tough on her. It…
Cultural Studies… On Being Human 10 May 202413 Nov 2024 By Jamie Wiechman I have really been wrestling with my humanness lately. Do you know what it means to be human? According to Merriam-Webster, “human” means “representative of or susceptible…
For My Friends C is for Cookie 19 Jan 202412 Feb 2024 From a Fellow Traveler As a kid of the 80s, I watched my fair share of Sesame Street. Without a doubt, my favorite character was Cookie Monster. I found him…
Disciple LIke You Mean It… How are You Today? 18 Jan 202418 Jan 2024 By Katie Helmreich “Hey! How are you today?” “Good, good. How are you?” How many times do we ask or hear that question in a day? How many times do we…
For My Friends Christmas Traditions 30 Dec 202330 Dec 2023 By Kim Longden During one of our Advent family devotions, we were prompted to shout out our favorite Christmas traditions on the count of three. I smiled at the things…
For My Friends The With of Christmas 23 Dec 202312 Feb 2024 From a Fellow Traveler “Let me know what we can do for you.” When you have cancer, you hear that a lot. You hear it from coworkers and family members,…
Discipleship Tools… That Time I Lost My Christmas Planner 20 Dec 202320 Dec 2023 By Katie Helmreich Being organized and on top of all the details has never really been my thing. I try to dance on the line of enough but not too…
For My Friends Prayers from a Santa 28 Nov 202312 Feb 2024 From a Fellow Traveler Today marks the start of Week 4 in the chemoradiation phase of my wife’s cancer treatment. It’s getting hard. The physical pain is difficult, of course; but…
For My Friends Prayers from My Little Girl 19 Oct 20238 Jul 2024 From a Fellow Traveler Yesterday, my wife and I had one of the most emotional experiences of our lives. We had to tell our 10- and 7-year-old that my wife…
For My Friends Vocation Soup 12 Sep 202312 Sep 2023 By Justin Rossow “Vocation” (not “vacation”) is kind of a fancy word for “calling.” It comes from the same root as “vocal” or “voice.” You have been called by God…
Discipleship Tools… Souvenirs of God’s Faithfulness 9 Aug 20239 Aug 2023 By Kim Longden I picked up the My Next Step, Volume 1 book this morning (the one with the compass on the cover) and I was so encouraged! The invitation…
For My Friends You Go; and I’ll Walk with You 17 Mar 20238 Jul 2024 By Justin Rossow Our mailbox is 0.7 miles from our front door. It used to be 7 feet. Since our last move, getting the mail has become more than a…
Cultural Studies… Messy Christmas 24 Dec 202215 Nov 2023 By Justin Rossow It’s Christmas Eve, and my daughter was supposed to be home three days ago. She made it to the Minneapolis airport. She made it onto the plane.…
For My Friends The Christmas Cardinal 13 Dec 202211 Dec 2022 By Raelyn Pracht Growing up, we always decorated the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. My father would string the lights on the tree and wrap it in shiny, silver…
Faith Experiment Priorities of Joy 9 Dec 20228 Jul 2024 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…
