editorial

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…

Friends are friends forever

Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
Post published:2020/07/28
Post category:FIC Features / Forward in Christ

This article’s title comes from a Michael W. Smith song from the late 1980s. The lyrics say, “Friends are friends forever if the Lord’s the lord of them.” Smith’s point…

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.…

Getting older. Getting closer.

Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
Post published:2020/05/31
Post category:FIC Features / Forward in Christ

As a young boy, sometimes I’d think, In the year 2000, I’ll be 45 years old. Wow, that’s old! Guess what? My perspective has changed—in part because the year 2000…

Parenting parents

Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
Post published:2020/04/30
Post category:FIC Features / Forward in Christ

Families celebrate graduations throughout the nation this month. Young men and women are moving to another level of education or vocation. As parents, we can get teary-eyed realizing that our…

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…

A man with unclean lips

Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
Post published:2020/02/25
Post category:FIC Features / Forward in Christ

The word “hell” keeps popping up in my reading these days. No, I’m not talking about my daily study of Scripture. I’m talking about the newsfeeds on my smartphone. These…

The Father to the fatherless

Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
Post published:2020/01/30
Post category:FIC Features / Forward in Christ

Snowden G. Sims Being fatherless is a reality in our world today. Serving in a midwestern urban setting, I encounter single mothers with children who may not see their fathers…

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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