A Thought

A thought: Our Father

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/09/28
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

“Our Father in heaven.” So Jesus taught us his prayer. It’s actually our prayer. It begins, “Our Father.” Yet we say it so often it might have become only words…

A thought: The difference

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/08/31
Post category:00unavailable / FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

I’m looking out my study window this morning. The grass is green. The birds are flying from branch to branch. The robins are hopping on the grass to find lunch.…

A thought: Imperfect world, imperfect life

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/07/28
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

This is my third or fourth try at this thought. The past months have brought all kinds of things to mind: first, COVID-19, then the protests, the violence, and the…

A thought: Joy and peace today and everyday

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/06/29
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

It’s been a test for us all. It included self-quarantine and social distancing. All the while businesses were closed, and contacts with friends and family became digital. Churches stood empty…

A thought: Good job!

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/05/31
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

Good job and thank you! I thought this but couldn’t say it to everyone I thought should hear it. As I write this, we have been asked—mandated—to avoid unnecessary contact…

A thought: In God’s hands

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/04/30
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

As I write this thought, we are all concerned about the spread of a virus that has already killed thousands. Events and responses change day to day and sometimes even…

A thought: Outing death

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/03/31
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

“Don’t forget, you’re going to die,” the message on the screen read. It was from an app that sends five e-mails each day with the sober reminder that death is…

A thought: The Christ

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/02/25
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

Christianity is not just a label, a category, or a space to be filled in for some pollster. We are named after Christ. The shepherds heard the angels identify the…

A thought: Trusting what we cannot see

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/01/30
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

Seeing the little baby in the manger at Christmas fills us all with joy and wonder. It is a universal experience because we have all looked with joy and wonder…

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