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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Yaz Rodriguez

Confessions of faith: Yaz Rodriguez

  • Post author:Yaz Rodriguez
  • Post published:2022/05/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

A college student shares her journey to the cross. Spring 2019—The drive I held those pills in the palm of my hands, too many to count. When I couldn’t swallow…

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Read more about the article Teen talk: From falling to soaring

Teen talk: From falling to soaring

  • Post author:Elizabeth Hahm
  • Post published:2022/05/20
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Getting closer to her heavenly Father helps a teen through hard times. Elizabeth Hahm Is your life messed up? Mine is. I don’t have a real reason to be stressed.…

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Read more about the article Parent conversations: How can we help today’s overwhelmed teens?

Parent conversations: How can we help today’s overwhelmed teens?

  • Post author:Dan Nommensen
  • Post published:2021/11/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ/Parent Conversations

Being a teen has always involved struggle and angst. The difference today is that a teen’s struggles can be broadcast immediately to an entire world of virtual “friends.” Plus, social…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: One man’s battle with anxiety

My Christian life: One man’s battle with anxiety

  • Post author:William Woodington
  • Post published:2021/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Anxiety can prove to be a good thing. It can draw us back to God and his promises. I recently took my mask off. I am not referring to the…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: A man of truth

My Christian life: A man of truth

  • Post author:David Russow
  • Post published:2021/03/16
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

From the Depression and working for pennies to becoming a famous artist, a man stays faithful to his Savior. A person of truth, who can find? Especially in our culture!…

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Read more about the article A Bible story just for me: Grief

A Bible story just for me: Grief

  • Post author:Greg Lyon
  • Post published:2020/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Grieve . . . but with hope Gregory C. Lyon From time to time, we face realities that we simply can’t do anything about. God chose Mary to be the…

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Read more about the article A Bible story just for me: Depression

A Bible story just for me: Depression

  • Post author:Greg Lyon
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Longing for the mountaintop, sitting under a shrub: depression. Loneliness. Hopelessness. A lack of motivation. A lack of purpose. It’s been described as a black cloud that doesn’t go away.…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: Spencer Beach

My Christian life: Spencer Beach

  • Post author:Julie Wietzke
  • Post published:2020/02/25
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

A modern-day Job story reminds us of God's grace and love. For most people, it would have been the worst day of their life. Maybe it was for Spencer Beach,…

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Read more about the article On grief and grieving: A Christian perspective

On grief and grieving: A Christian perspective

  • Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
  • Post published:2019/06/01
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Glenn L. Schwanke In 1969 Elisabeth Kübler Ross published her groundbreaking book On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families. The…

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