For My Friends What’s the Forecast? 9 Jul 20249 Jul 2024 By Deanna Rossow Today is our HUGE Family Celebration of the Fourth of July at the lake! Most every outdoor activity imaginable is planned for today: Swimming, Bean Bag Toss,…
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…
Exegetical Study Nathanael and Nothin’ 13 May 202413 May 2024 By Conrad Gempf The Gospels have a lot of stories about disciples who were called when they were out fishing. Another was in the middle of collecting taxes. But John…
Exegetical Study Partial Eclipse of the Heart 3 Apr 20248 Jul 2024 By Justin Rossow The last time a solar eclipse was visible in North America, my son Caleb and I were down in south Texas, and therefore right in the shadow's…
For My Friends… It’s Getting Dark 27 Mar 202427 Mar 2024 From a Fellow Traveler It's starting to get dark. The light through my window isn’t enough to work by so I flip on the desk lamp. My wife is resting…
For My Friends… The Valley of Lent 23 Feb 202420 Mar 2024 From a Fellow Traveler I am no fan of Lent. The songs are depressing. The message is grim. It’s so bad, even the word Alleluia doesn’t want to go to…
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…
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,…
Uncategorized Isometric Spirituality 12 Dec 202314 Dec 2023 By Jamie Wiechman, Breathe Life Ministries Over the last three months, I have felt the Lord’s invitation to slow down and push less. I feel like this down time was…
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 Facing the Simul of Cancer 7 Nov 202312 Feb 2024 From a Fellow Traveler As All Saints' Day rolls by I imagine a few folks might have heard preaching about being both saint and sinner at the same time. If…
Disciple LIke You Mean It… Wednesdays are for Walking With 01 1 Nov 202329 Nov 2023 The Next Step PodcastSeason 7: Wednesdays are for Walking WithEpisode 01 (20 min)Date: 01 November 2023Guests: Deanna Rossow and Lexie Brown Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Vurbl,…
For My Friends Called to Listen, Commissioned to Speak 17 Jul 20238 Jul 2024 By Justin Rossow “What am I supposed to say?” For people who follow Jesus, that question can come up in all kinds of different circumstances. That question can turn a…
Lent Either FROM or THROUGH 29 Mar 20238 Jul 2024 By Jamie Wiechman I begrudgingly made my way to the front of the church that Wednesday evening. It was Ash Wednesday. My church family joins many believers in marking this…
Cultural Studies… Ozymandias 26 Feb 2023 By Kim Longden Ozymandias is one of my favorite poems to use as an interpretive reading exercise with the kids. In it, a traveler describes the ruins of a statue…
For My Friends… Lord, to whom shall we go? 22 Feb 202322 Feb 2023 By Rachel Hinz “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” Peter says this to Jesus after hearing some really difficult stuff. Confusing, hard stuff.…
For My Friends Rosemary 10 Jan 202310 Jan 2023 By Kristeen A. Bruun By the rivers of Babylon I sat and wept...How could I sing the song of the Lord in a foreign land? Paraphrase of Psalm 137:1, 4…
Uncategorized Christmas Lights in the Dark 15 Dec 202215 Dec 2022 By Kim Longden I have always loved Christmas lights. Some of my most treasured childhood memories are driving around as a family oohing and aahing at houses all decked out…
