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    Read more about the article Encouraging others has ripple effects

    Encouraging others has ripple effects

    • Post author:FIC
    • Post published:2022/09/30
    • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

    Souksamay Phetsanghane, a professor at Luther Preparatory School (LPS), Watertown, Wis., remembers vividly a fall day in 1996 when he and his friends were playing basketball in the church parking…

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    Parent conversations: How should families prepare to go back to school?

    • Post author:Rachel Blum, Dan Nommensen, Nicole Balza
    • Post published:2020/07/28
    • Post category:FIC Series/Forward in Christ/FIC Features/Parent Conversations

    How should families prepare to go back to school? That’s quite a question this year, isn’t it? After all, education is likely to look different depending on what school you…

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    Read more about the article Parent conversations: How does a teen’s brain work?

    Parent conversations: How does a teen’s brain work?

    • Post author:Laura Reinke, Nicole Balza
    • Post published:2020/06/29
    • Post category:FIC Series/Forward in Christ/FIC Features/Parent Conversations

    Each phase of childhood comes with its own unique set of blessings and challenges, doesn’t it? Teenagers get a bad rap, but as my daughter enters high school, I have…

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    Read more about the article Book nook: 5-minute Bible Studies for Teens

    Book nook: 5-minute Bible Studies for Teens

    • Post author:Megan Himm
    • Post published:2020/02/25
    • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

    Bible studies for teens Clark Schultz’s 5-Minute Bible Studies for Teens is a great devotion book for modern teenagers. The short devotions are meaningful, yet they do not take up…

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