Discipleship Tools… Handling the Word: The Music, Art, and Meditation of “Hymn Journaling” 20 Mar 202028 Dec 2020 The “Bible Journaling craze,” as Christianity Today called in back in 2016, has continued to grow, expand, and morph into a variety of spiritual practices and disciplines. One recent twist:…
Discipling Leaders… Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted 18 Mar 202010 Jan 2021 The Next Step PodcastSeason 1: When from Death I'm FreeEpisode 09: "Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted"Date: 18 March 2020Guest: Lead Illustrator Valerie Matyas Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Author…
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…
Discipling Leaders… The King is Calling 11 Mar 202010 Jan 2021 The Next Step PodcastSeason 1: When from Death I'm FreeEpisode 4: "The King is Calling"Date: 11 March 2020Guest: Visual Faith Illustrator Katie Helmreich Also available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon Music.…
Discipleship Tools… 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…
Discipleship Tools Permission Granted 25 Feb 202010 Jun 2020 By Valerie Matyas In the creative journaling world there is something called a “Permission Page” or a “Dedication Page.” This opening sheet is typically found at the beginning of a…
For My Friends An Opening Door 22 Feb 202020 Mar 2020 By Ed Warzyniec I received a copy of "You Follow Me" from my good and longtime friend Jim Fink. Jim is a member of our Saturday Morning Men's Bible Study/Prayer…
Discipleship Tools… Art that Preaches the Gospel 14 Feb 20206 Jun 2024 God, it seems, has always been partial to art. Oh, sure, there is the command against creating graven images given on Mount Sinai: but that command seems to be focused fairly…
Discipleship Tools 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…
Uncategorized The Secret Code Prayer 9 Oct 20193 Apr 2024 Have you ever run a discipleship experiment? When was the last time you tried something new related to following Jesus or being shaped by him? I think a spirit of…