Cultural Studies… My Identity, On Deposit 4 Dec 2020 By Justin Rossow I’ve been struggling a lot lately with the question of identity. Well before COVID made working from home a common, cultural experience, I left a job and…
For Me… Four years 10 Nov 2020 By Naomi Rossow With a presidential election on the horizon, our family was receiving at least three or more pieces of "vote for me" mail each day. My sister and…
Discipleship Tools… Feeling Secure 13 Aug 2020 Note: This is an excerpt from the book The Emotional Devotional: Following Jesus in Every Emotion coming soon from Next Step Press. This book, written by teenage girls, for teenage…
Discipleship Tools… Rock of Help Video Tutorial 11 Aug 2020 By Valerie Matyas Each chapter of Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal for Trust and Confidence includes an experiment of some sort to help you take a small next step in…
Discipleship Tools… A Reluctant Visual Faith-er 22 Jun 2020 by Kim Longden About a year ago, I reluctantly signed up to go to a Visual Faith™ presentation at our church. I was there to support friends who had coordinated…
For Me… He Breathed On Them 26 May 2020 By Kristeen Bruun “He breathed on them...” (John 20:22) I don't think I’ve ever understood this passage as completely as I do now, when we’re doing our best not to…
Discipleship Tools… Visual Prayer: How to Begin Before You Know Where To Start 12 May 2020 By Katie Helmreich Some days prayer feels daunting. Where to begin? We struggle to focus. We can't seem to slow down. We don't know how to verbalize what's most on…
For Me… Long-Distance Relationships 6 May 20206 May 2020 By Naomi Rossow My boyfriend and I have been dating for four months now. Half of that has been in quarantine. After dating for two months, we were forced into…
Cultural Studies… Jesus, Judge Me! 3 Apr 202017 Jan 2021 By Justin Rossow I am such an idiot. I had just read something cool about how J. S. Bach started many of his compositions with the initials, “J.J.” Latin shorthand…
Discipleship Tools… Noticing Yourself With God 31 Mar 20204 Jun 2020 By Steve Wiechman I read this post the other day while quarantine Facebook scrolling: “Can’t go to work. No sports on TV. Who am I?” That’s funny on day two…
For Me… Keeping Vigil 29 Mar 202028 Mar 2020 By Kris Bruun Louisa May Alcott’s classic, Little Women, begins with the sentence, “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.” I understand how Jo March feels. As the weeks wear…
Discipleship Tools… Bible Margin Art: Comfort In the Midst of Crisis 27 Mar 202028 Dec 2020 By Ann Gillaspie In the midst of this health crisis, I find myself drawn to my faith art. It pulls me to God's Word and invites me to share that…
Discipleship Tools… Prayer Space for Covid-19 16 Mar 202028 Dec 2020 By Pat Maier Everybody’s talking about the COVID-19. The conversation began over a month ago when the threat seemed far, far away - today it’s in our backyard. We have…
For Me… When the Plates Come Crashing Down 31 Jan 202023 Oct 2020 By Kristeen Bruun I come from a long line of hardy stock who emigrated from Austria and Denmark to work in the north woods of Wisconsin. My mother, who died…
Advent… The Stained Glass Prayer 12 Dec 201920 Mar 2020 Sometimes in life you need hacks. Not because you are cutting corners, but because the common way or familiar way is cumbersome, messy, or ineffective. Cleaning hacks, organizing hacks, classroom…
Advent… A Walk through the Secret Code Prayer 3 Dec 20193 Sep 2020 Valerie Matyas, a Visual Faith Coach, gives a brief overview of the Secret Code Prayer in the video, below. I adapted that prayer for one of the discipleship experiments in…
For Me Advent: Season of Waiting 20 Nov 20193 Sep 2020 By Kris Bruun Of all the responses from God that I might receive in prayer, no word is less welcome than “WAIT.” During her last illness, I prayed that the…
Discipleship Tools… Something Different for Advent 3 Nov 2019 "Why write a book of Advent devotions?" That's what I kept asking myself this summer. And I couldn't come up with a very good answer. I mean, friends and family…
