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    Born Still Part Three

    June 26, 2017 /

    Post 3 By Genevieve Wagner Editors Note: Genevieve is a dear friend of mine for many years. She has graciously agreed to share her family’s recent full term stillbirth, and the hope and faith that her family has. After the birth, our family photographer was allowed to come back while I was getting stabilized – we wanted to make sure I was okay before calling the children back.  Soon they came to the room with our friends who had been watching them as well as our pastor. They were surprised to find out the baby was a boy – that brought my son to tears. They were each offered the…

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    Born Still Part Two

    June 22, 2017 /

    By Genevieve Wagner Editors Note: Genevieve is a dear friend of mine for many years. She has graciously agreed to share her family’s recent full term stillbirth, and the hope and faith that her family has.   Our world had tipped. How was this possible? What are we going to tell our kids? What do we do next? How do you pack for this? Everything we were planning for – the unmedicated birth like 3 of the siblings, the peaceful home waterbirth like the 4 year old’s – it was all instantly switched for a very medical birth… and we wouldn’t be bringing a baby home. Now traveling in rush…

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    Homesick

    March 9, 2016 /

    By Mary Abrahamson When I was young I pined for a home.  A place to be from.  Before I graduated high school my family and I had lived in five different houses.  This was not a ton, but still quite a bit a change.  New friends, new neighbors, new ways of organizing possessions.   I remember telling my mom once that I was NEVER going to marry a pastor.   “Pastors don’t have homes and I want a home.  I want my kids to have a place to look back on as home, and have sentimental memories about.  And I want them to know where everything is and who all…

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    Contentment in Christ

    February 26, 2016 /

    By Holly Scheer When I was younger I thought a major goal in life was happiness. Primarily my own happiness. The choices I made, the ideas I pursued, and the friends I kept were in line with what I thought at the time would make me happy– even if it was bad for me. And those around me. But happiness is fleeting. Self absorbed happiness is even more so. Life has had many joys and sorrows for me in adulthood. There has been the joy of marriage, of children born and reborn in the waters of Baptism, of friends who point me to Christ. But there has also been death…

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    Why All This Crazy Violence?

    December 4, 2015 /

    By Keri Wolfmueller Where on earth did all the crazy people come from?  And, for goodness sakes, how did they get guns?  These seem to be the two platforms people land on when discussing the current rise of violence in our country.  The argument sways between more gun control laws or between mental health issues.  Well, I’d like to offer up a third alternative. We’ve got to dig a bit deeper, go back a little further.   Our country is in LOVE with death.  Sound weird?  What if I say it like this, our country places NO value on life.  Making more sense?  I’d like to argue that we have…

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    Fear and Comfort in the Age of Instability

    November 20, 2015 /

    By Holly Scheer Watching the news right now is not a good way to feel comfortable and safe. From the highly contentious election we are hurtling towards to the recent violence and deaths, the images presented to us are not happy ones to ponder before we fall asleep. There are large questions our government is trying to grapple with—how do we compassionately address a massive refugee crisis while keeping our own safe, do we continue to engage in the growing military conflicts, how do we bolster our still stumbling economy and deal with the mess that is American healthcare… and more. Don’t worry. I’m not here to talk politics to…

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    Jesus, a Quiet place, and My Anxiety

    October 7, 2015 /

    By Heidi Goehmann Life was pretty good. I was in the kitchen fixing dinner. There was a pot of goodness boiling on one burner and a pan of goodness sautéing on another. My daughter was reciting her memory work to me. My two littlest children were playing with a racecar track on the dining room floor nearby, and my eldest son was holding on to my wrist to let me know he had something to say. It was all good…until someone turned on the music. The theme track of Star Wars barrels into the anxiety already bubbling up! I forgot to mention that it was 4:30pm. What I just described…

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    On Contention, Love, and Feelings

    September 14, 2015 /

    By Holly Scheer Have you ever found yourself in a discussion that, when it turns heated, becomes more about feelings than facts? If so, you may have found it to be a frustrating experience. I know that I do. Most people don’t want to proceed when someone says that a certain line of argumentation is upsetting to them or is hurting their feelings. Our natural care for each other can cause us to pause and reflect at this moment. It’s never, ever a bad thing to think through thoroughly whether what you are saying in the moment is true, needful, and appropriate. Sisters, sometimes we have to speak hard words…

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    Confessions of a Control Freak

    September 7, 2015 /

    By Amanda Markel I’m something of a control freak. If it can be planned, scheduled, or organized, I will attempt to do so. This was never more evident than this summer, when I was planning our first real family vacation. I tried to think of everything. Where would we stay? What activities would we do, and at what times? How could I maximize our all too brief time to see the most important things, do the most fun things, and make sure there was something special for each member of our family to experience? And then there were other concerns. How can we make this trip for the least amount…

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    My Old Friend, Anxiety

    August 21, 2015 /

    By Heidi Goehmann I have had a long history with anxiety. So much so that I tell people it’s like a backpack. I take it on and off, but it’s always at least sitting in the corner of the room, staring me down. I have tried for years to shake off the weight. Years ago a friend told me that “Do not be afraid…” is the most often given command in the Bible. So, I took it to heart and when anxiety would well up, I’d push it down, way down, telling myself over and over, “Do not be afraid, do not be afraid.” Sometimes I’d even take on a…

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