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Our Resurrection Garden

29 Mar 2021
By Kim Longden One of my family’s favorite Easter traditions centers around the yearly planting of our Resurrection Garden. We started the Resurrection Garden tradition several years ago, and although…
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The Ash Cross of Ash Wednesday

16 Feb 202117 Feb 2021
By Justin Rossow Even as a kid I loved the quiet, dark, and solemn mood of the Ash Wednesday service. And I’ve always loved receiving the sign of the cross…
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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.…
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A Spiritual Body?

11 Jan 2021
By Conrad Gempf So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised…
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We Will Rise Up from These Ashes

9 Jul 20209 Jul 2020
By Miriam Rossow It has been almost eight years since we moved to Michigan. We moved in December, had a house to sell in Texas, and so moved into my…
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Reflections from “On That Morning”

9 Mar 202031 Mar 2020
By Pat Maier As one of the illustrators for When from Death I'm Free: A Hymn Journal for Holy Week, I was privileged to be the visual artist for the…
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Failure and the Cross

6 Mar 202010 Jan 2021
The Next Step PodcastSeason 1: When from Death I'm FreeEpisode 2.2: "You Will Strike His Heal"Date: 06 March 2020Midweek Lenten Sermon Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon Music. This bonus…
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On That Morning

4 Mar 202010 Jan 2021
The Next Step PodcastSeason 1: When from Death I'm FreeEpisode 2: "On That Morning"Date: 04 March 2020Guest: Singer/songwriter Kip Fox, www.kipfox.com Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon Music. In this…
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Barbara Ann

27 Jan 2020
My Godmother died in Christ on my 48th birthday. The funeral was at the end of my birthday week, and I was asked to “say a few words.” Having been…
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A Place to Call Home

6 Oct 2019
My sister moved this last week, and I got to help just a little. She and her family had been living in the same farm house my grandfather was born…

Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow

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