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My Christian life: A Ukrainian mother chooses life

My Christian life: A Ukrainian mother chooses life

  • Post author:Taras Kokovsky
  • Post published:2020/12/27
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Recently, with much joy, Elizabeth Huida, the daughter of Oleksandr and Khrystyna Huida, was baptized at St. John and James Lutheran Church in Ternopil, Ukraine. But the story of Elizabeth…

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My Christian life: Teen faces difficult medical diagnosis

My Christian life: Teen faces difficult medical diagnosis

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2020/11/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

A startling medical diagnosis brings a family closer to God. Chronic pain. Constant exhaustion. Medications. Physical therapy. Surgery after surgery. This is the reality for 16-year-old Bailey Seal, member at…

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My Christian life: Music as a companion on life’s journey

My Christian life: Music as a companion on life’s journey

  • Post author:Jeremy Bakken
  • Post published:2020/10/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

We all have favorite hymns to sing. They become our familiar friends as we worship and our companions when we experience joy, sorrow, doubts, or trouble. Their familiar melodies and…

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My Christian life: WELS nurse lives out faith through her vocation

My Christian life: WELS nurse lives out faith through her vocation

  • Post author:Laura Schaefer
  • Post published:2020/09/28
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A WELS nurse explains how her vocation allows her to share her faith and show love to those in need. Jesus calls us to follow his example by living lives…

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My Christian life: A teacher retires full of memories

My Christian life: A teacher retires full of memories

  • Post author:Ann M. Ponath
  • Post published:2020/08/31
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A teacher retires full of memories—including monarch butterflies, baby chicks, and Jesus—after 43 years Do you have a favorite teacher? One who really understood or motivated you? One who made…

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My Christian life: On the front lines of a pandemic

My Christian life: On the front lines of a pandemic

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2020/07/28
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A husband and wife’s passion for serving leads them to the front lines of a pandemic. It was a quiet Saturday afternoon in May. Jon and Paige Fricke were sitting…

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My Christian life: Dealing with mental illness

My Christian life: Dealing with mental illness

  • Post author:Christa Holland
  • Post published:2020/04/30
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Seeing God’s grace through the struggle of mental illness. I struggle mightily with my mental health. To most people I look healthy; I am a vegetarian who runs about 40…

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My Christian life: Camp BASIC

My Christian life: Camp BASIC

  • Post author:Laura Schaefer
  • Post published:2020/03/31
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Going to Camp BASIC is a family affair for volunteers and campers. Laura Schaefer Picture, if you will: wheelchairs being pushed on grassy paths by hardy counselors so their campers…

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My Christian life: Battling cancer as a teenager

My Christian life: Battling cancer as a teenager

  • Post author:Gabriella Blauert
  • Post published:2020/03/31
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A pastor reflects on his battle with cancer as a teenager and how his experiences helped shape him and his ministry. Growing up, Paul Jansen fondly remembers a great home…

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My Christian life: Spencer Beach

My Christian life: Spencer Beach

  • Post author:Julie Wietzke
  • Post published:2020/02/25
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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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My Christian life: Mission opportunities in South Asia

My Christian life: Mission opportunities in South Asia

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2020/01/28
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God provides exciting new mission opportunities through a Christian from South Asia. “Put the best minds in World Missions in a room. Tell them to come up with a plan…

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My Christian life: Haiti adoptions

My Christian life: Haiti adoptions

  • Post author:Paul Steinberg
  • Post published:2019/12/03
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Adopting two children from Haiti brought blessings beyond what anyone expected. Paul S. Steinberg I've always wanted a large family. I joked with my friends that I hoped to have one…

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