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For Me

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…

Hope-Filled Speech

14 Jan 202114 Jan 2021
By Sam Fink If you’ve known Jesus for more than about 15 minutes, you probably know, or have at least heard a sermon on 1 Peter 3:15. When I was…
Cultural Studies…

6 Ways to Shine on Social Media

13 Jan 2021
By Amy Larson from Mom Fuel Is it just me, or does it seem like each time social media calms down ... something else happens to stir the pot again?…
For Me…

Top Bloggers of 2020

31 Dec 202031 Dec 2020
2020 was a strange and wonderful year in so many ways! The Next Step Community shared 135,572 words in 186 posts, encouraged 13,625 people who viewed our next step content…
For Me

Top Ten Blogs of 2020

28 Dec 202031 Dec 2020
Here are The Next Step Community's most read blogs this year. Thanks to all of the 13,569 visitors who helped us log over 27,000 views since we launched in March…
Advent…

Immanuel in Our Mess

9 Dec 202016 Dec 2020
By Katie Helmreich We're "real tree" people. Come what may, we load everybody in the Suburban and head to the tree farm early each December! I love the cozy, Courier and…
For Me

Choose Kind

30 Nov 20201 Dec 2020
By Kim Longden It was my son’s last treatment and all had gone well, but as we were leaving I received information about our account that was, at best, really…
For Me…

Living With Delight, Part 2

11 Nov 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 4: Delight! Book ReadingEpisode 24: God's Word Propels Your Adventure, Part 3Date: 11 November 2020Also available on: iTunes Episode 24, Season 4 of the Next Step…
For Me…

Living With Delight, Part 1

10 Nov 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 4: Delight! Book ReadingEpisode 23: God's Word Propels Your Adventure, Part 3Date: 10 November 2020Also available on: iTunes Episode 23, Season 4 of the Next Step…
For Me…

God’s Word Propels Your Adventure, Part 3

9 Nov 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 4: Delight! Book ReadingEpisode 22: God's Word Propels Your Adventure, Part 3Date: 9 November 2020Also available on: iTunes Season 4, Episode 22 of the Next Step…
For Me…

God’s Word Propels Your Adventure, Part 2

5 Nov 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 4: Delight! Book ReadingEpisode 21: God's Word Propels Your Adventure, Part 2Date: 5 November 2020Also available on: iTunes Season 4, Episode 21 of the Next Step…
For Me…

God’s Word Propels Your Adventure, Part 1

4 Nov 20205 Nov 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 4: Delight! Book ReadingEpisode 20: God's Word Propels Your Adventure, Part 1Date: 4 November 2020Also available on: iTunes Season 4, Episode 20 of the Next Step…
For Me…

God’s Work Shapes Your Adventure

3 Nov 20204 Nov 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 4: Delight! Book ReadingEpisodes 16-19: God's Work Shapes Your AdventureAlso available on: iTunes Episodes 16-20 of the Next Step Podcast Season 4 features a reading of…
For Me

Reflections from the White Bubble

28 Oct 2020
By Kristeen A. Bruun I am a Caucasian, born and raised in northern Wisconsin, the product of a union between a Dane and a German. You can’t get much more…
For Me…

God’s Will Directs Your Adventure, Part3

27 Oct 20203 Nov 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 4: Delight! Book ReadingEpisode 14: God's Will Directs Your Adventure, Part 3Date: 27 October 2020Also available on: iTunes Season 4, Episode 13 of the Next Step…
For Me…

God’s Will Directs Your Adventure, Part2

26 Oct 20203 Nov 2020
The Next Step PodcastSeason 4: Delight! Book ReadingEpisode 13: God's Will Directs Your Adventure, Part 2Date: 26 October 2020Also available on: iTunes Season 4, Episode 13 of the Next Step…
For Me…

Jesus at the Center of My Messy Life, Bonus Podcast

23 Oct 2020
The Next Step PodcastBonus EpisodeReadings from Jesus at the Center of My Messy LifeDate: 23 October 2020Also available on: iTunes This bonus episode features readings from the new book Jesus…

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