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A Sabbath from social media

A Sabbath from social media

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2020/09/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

After a long week of work and worry, the weekend always feels good. From the time I was little, I loved Saturdays. You get to sleep in. You get to…

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Bittersweet

Bittersweet

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

We come back to worship, but it’s just not the same. I was giddy with anticipation. After two months of exile, we were finally going to gather again to worship…

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As we come and go

As we come and go

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2020/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

I am overflowing with excitement. As I write these words, we are making our final preparations to celebrate our first public worship services as a church in over two months.…

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Holy Week is coming!

Holy Week is coming!

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2020/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Andrew C. Schroer My favorite Christmas movie of all time is the movie Elf. In the movie, Will Ferrell plays a man who was raised as an elf at the…

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A life like Mr. Panza’s

A life like Mr. Panza’s

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2019/12/07
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Andrew C. Schroer Mr. Panza is 97 years old. He lives in the nursing home down the road from my house. Over the last year, he and I have become…

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Get busy living

Get busy living

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2019/10/01
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Andrew Schroer In the 1997 movie The Shawshank Redemption, Tim Robbins played Andy Dufresne, a quiet banker wrongfully accused and convicted of killing his wife. After 20 years in Shawshank Prison, Dufresne had enough. In one of the most…

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Not just the capital of Rhode Island

Not just the capital of Rhode Island

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2019/07/01
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Andrew C. Schroer In December of 1630, Roger Williams, a Puritan pastor from England, boarded a ship called the Lyon and sailed to the New World. He and his wife,…

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Judgement-free zone

Judgement-free zone

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2019/04/01
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Andrew C. Schroer On July 22, 2018, a 34-year-old man named Eric Stagno walked into a Planet Fitness gym in New Hampshire. He stopped at the front counter, took off all his clothes, and then proceeded to do yoga…

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Drowning in a sea of bad news

Drowning in a sea of bad news

  • Post author:Andrew Schroer
  • Post published:2019/01/01
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Andrew C. Schroer The news can be overwhelming. It doesn’t matter whether you watch CNN, Fox, or MSNBC. I don’t see a difference whether you catch the local news on…

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