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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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Getting older. Getting closer.

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…

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A man with unclean lips

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…

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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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