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For My Friends

Walking in the Light

5 Feb 20222 Nov 2022
By Kristeen Bruun I am in love with God again. It won’t last, I know that. It never does. But for now, I am enjoying walking light upon the earth,…
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Be Mine

3 Feb 20222 Nov 2022
By Alli Bauck Fear not, for I have redeemed you;I have called you by name, you are Mine. Isaiah 43:1b (ESV) For the past seven months I’ve been carrying around…
For My Friends

Dooby Dooby Doo

27 Jan 20222 Nov 2022
By Kim Longden “Look mom!” my three-year-old said proudly, “I’m decorating!” I looked up from my computer to see that I had been so engrossed in typing, I hadn’t noticed…
For My Friends

*Click*

20 Jan 20222 Nov 2022
By Katie Helmreich We’re near the finish line! A 1000 piece puzzle, with 360 Lego Minifigure Faces, almost done! Almost.  With this particular puzzle, few of our standard puzzle-solving tricks…
For My Friends

Star Day!

11 Jan 20221 Nov 2022
By Katie Helmreich I mailed my sister some star-shaped post-it notes this week. A package with a shiny star garland will arrive at her house tomorrow! My brother-in-law is out…
For My Friends

Little Helpers

7 Jan 20221 Nov 2022
By Kim Longden Last month, I came across a photo taken over ten years ago that made me smile. I had just finished making Christmas cookies with my kids (all…
For My Friends

School Photos

21 Nov 20212 Nov 2022
By Valerie Matyas Remember picture day at school? Finding the perfect outfit of which only 1/8th will be visible. Practicing a natural smile in the mirror, varying the degree of…
For My Friends

Raising Daughters

7 Nov 20211 Nov 2022
By Heidi Goehmann I was recently asked a question by a friend about raising girls, about raising women: How is it done? Which led to other questions: What’s the “right”…
For My Friends

I Can’t Fix Everything

6 Apr 2021
By Kim Longden A few weeks ago my son’s goldfish died. Bubbles the Fish had been struggling for a few days, and at the ripe old age of three had…
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Our Family Covid-versary Meal

23 Feb 202123 Feb 2021
By Heidi Goehmann This last week, I noted to a friend that I could feel the ghosts of grief clawing just at the corners of my psyche. It wasn't that…

There Won’t Always be Candles in the Fireplace

18 Feb 202116 Feb 2021
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah…
Discipleship Tools…

As I Have Loved You

1 Feb 202119 Jan 2021
By Katie Helmreich A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.John 13:34 (NIV) Kids! Quit needling each other. Why can't you keep your feet to…

What Will You Be When You Grow Up?

21 Jan 2021
By Katie Helmreich Some people are born knowing what they're going to do in life. Choosing a career, setting goals, or finding ways to serve seem to come as naturally…
Discipleship Tools…

Our Family Calendar Tradition

15 Jan 202114 Jan 2021
By Kim Longden At the start of each year, we have the tradition of taking down the previous year’s kitchen calendar and going through it month by month as a…
Cultural Studies

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…

O Zoom, All Ye Faithful

16 Dec 202015 Dec 2020
By Katie Helmreich In those days a decree went out, that everyone should return to their own homes and stay there. This was the first pandemic in a hundred years,…

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.…
Discipleship Tools…

Thank You Lord, For Pizza

17 Nov 2020
By Katie Helmreich Jane was almost asleep, basking in the glow of the mini Christmas tree I agreed to set up early, curled up in her bed with Bear and…

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