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Read more about the article Different, not done

Different, not done

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2022/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A pastor’s retirement means his life of service will be different, but it won’t be done. I reached up to the top bookshelf and pulled down volume 11 of The…

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Read more about the article It’s time to forget

It’s time to forget

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2022/05/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

God doesn’t remember any of our failures. Neither should we. I rest my hand lightly on my wife’s because it hurts her too much when I hold it. From her…

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Read more about the article No hidden fees

No hidden fees

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2022/01/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

When it comes to God’s gracious gift of eternal life, there are no hidden fees. When you live two miles beyond the end of the earth in Houghton, Michigan, you…

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Read more about the article Now thank we all our God!

Now thank we all our God!

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2021/10/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

In 1617 Martin Rinkart, a Lutheran pastor, returned to his hometown of Eilenburg, Saxony, to serve as archdeacon—just as the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) was about to begin. Since Eilenburg…

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Read more about the article Step forward in faith!

Step forward in faith!

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2021/04/25
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Your heart is pounding and your stomach is attempting back flips in those tense moments before the ceremony begins. Gowns are donned, and caps are straightened. Then you march into…

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Read more about the article In Christ

In Christ

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2021/01/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

My handwriting is bad. So bad, in fact, that even doctors—infamous for the unintelligible scribbles—look at my handwriting and say, “What did you write?” With that mea culpa (or if…

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Read more about the article Unprecedented

Unprecedented

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2020/11/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

“COVID-19 pandemic, an ‘unprecedented wake-up call’ for all inhabitants of Mother Earth.” “Unprecedented damage by COVID-19 requires an unprecedented policy response.” “Unprecedented!” The word screams at me from the headlines…

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Read more about the article COVID casualties

COVID casualties

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2020/08/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

More than four million infected and 148,866 deaths. Those are the coronavirus statistics shared by the US Centers for Disease Control at the end of July. Meanwhile, the World Health…

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Read more about the article Sunk without a trace

Sunk without a trace

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2020/07/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Spurlos Versenkt. The phrase was emblazoned across posters featuring an artist’s rendition of the sinking of the British hospital ship Llandovery Castle by German submarines on June 27, 1918. This…

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