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11 Apr 202311 Apr 2023
By Alli Bauck It is finished. Lent/Holy Week/Easter 2023 ended with an exclamation mark of joyous singing and enthusiastic high-fiving (by my 2.5 year old). But it’s not over. (Alleluia, it’s not…
Faith Experiment…

#Lenten Walk, Week 5

30 Mar 202311 Apr 2023
By Alli Bauck “Hi, friends!” A familiar voice enthusiastically welcomes me. It belongs to Annie F. Downs, a woman I have never met; but she and I have been on…
Lent

Either FROM or THROUGH

29 Mar 202329 Mar 2023
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…
Faith Experiment…

#Lenten Walk, Week 4

22 Mar 202322 Mar 2023
By Alli Bauck If anyone is keeping track, we are over halfway through the Lenten season. (Resurrection Sunday is getting closer!!!) For me, personally, the last eleven days have been…
Faith Experiment…

#Lenten Walk, Week … What?

16 Mar 202317 Apr 2023
By Alli Bauck This week felt like one step forward, two steps back. As Spring makes its anticipated arrival to the Kansas City area, the forecast last week was a…
Faith Experiment…

#Lenten Walk, Week 2

8 Mar 2023
By Alli Bauck Wow. Podcasts are e-v-e-r-y-where! I started out my #Lentenwalk with a varied list of podcasts (see my first Lenten Walk blog); however, my Spotify library has doubled…
Faith Experiment…

#Lenten Walk, Week 1

1 Mar 20231 Mar 2023
By Alli Bauck While visiting with a friend on the phone last night, she asked me how my Lenten walk practice was going. I laughed and reported that on the…
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…
Faith Experiment…

Lenten Walk

23 Feb 202323 Feb 2023
By Alli Bauck I placed the rectangular box on the table and ceremoniously lifted the lid. A brand new pair of tennis shoes was waiting inside. Peeling back the packing…
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.…
Discipleship Tools…

Ash Wednesday Keepsakes

15 Feb 2021
By Christi Gerloff I’ve always liked the feel of Ash Wednesday services. There’s just something special about the quiet, somber remembrance of what God did for us through His Son.…
Discipleship Tools…

Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone

7 Feb 20213 Nov 2021
By Alli Bauck “Dear soul, little do [you] know that the abiding in Christ is meant only for the weak and is so beautifully suited to [your] feebleness. It does…
For My Friends

The Tide Has Turned

4 May 2020
By: Kristeen Bruun In these days of “shelter at home,” I’ve been re-reading (for the tenth or so time) The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I thought now…
Discipleship Tools…

See and Remember

28 Apr 2020
By Pat Maier People ask, “Why visual faith? What is the purpose and benefit?” When we share about the blessings behind this spiritual discipline, we point to the underlying principle…
Discipling Leaders…

Thieves on a Cross

10 Apr 202010 Jan 2021
The Next Step PodcastSeason 1: When from Death I'm FreeEpisode 06: "Thieves on a Cross"Date: Good Friday, 10 April 2020Guest: Justin Rossow and Valerie Matyas, Next Step Press Also available…
Discipling Leaders…

Go to Dark Gethsemane

7 Apr 202010 Jan 2021
The Next Step PodcastSeason 1: When from Death I'm FreeEpisode 05: "Go to Dark Gethsemane"Date: Palm Sunday, 2020Guest: Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., Concordia Seminary—St. Louis Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora,…
Discipleship Tools

Hymn Journal Book Tabs

6 Apr 20209 Jun 2020
By Valerie Matyas Happy Holy Week! In celebration of Holy Week 2020, Next Step Press is delighted to offer you Book Tabs for your Hymn Journal. The Book Tabs were…
Discipling Leaders…

Ride On, Ride On in Majesty

4 Apr 202010 Jan 2021
The Next Step PodcastSeason 1: When from Death I'm FreeEpisode 03: "Ride On, Ride On in Majesty"Date: Palm Sunday, 2020Guest: Conrad Gempf, London School of Theology Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google…

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