The Next Step Podcast

Season 4, Episode 13 of the Next Step podcast continues Chapter 9, God's Will Directs Your Adventure in the book Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. God's will is focused on Jesus, but Jesus still know both suffering and obedience. And so do you. How does that jive with God's Good Pleasure? You can see daily readings from Delight! weekdays at 7PM EST...

This bonus episode features readings from the new book Jesus at the Center of My Messy Life: Tales from the Next Step Community, Year One . Edited by Justin Rossow, this anthology includes 66 of the best essays, blog posts, and articles from the first year of The Next Step Community. Find our more at the Jesus at the Center of My Messy Life page. We will return to our daily readings from Delight!...

Season 4, Episode 12 of the Next Step podcast begins the third section of the book Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow with a reading from chapter 9, God's Will Directs Your Adventure. You can see daily readings from Delight! weekdays at 7PM EST on Facebook Live or watch a recording on the Next Step Community Facebook page . Find out more about the boo...

This episode of the Next Step podcast features a reading from the last part of chapter 8 "I Am My Beloved's And My Beloved Is Mine" from the book Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. For the rest of this series, the readings will air weekdays at 7PM EST on Facebook Live so that you can hear Andrew Peterson read from his Wingfeather Saga at 8PM EST at h...

This episode of the Next Step podcast features a reading from the middle of chapter 8 "I Am My Beloved's And My Beloved Is Mine" from the book Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. If you already have a copy of the book and would like to add a five star rating or add your own review, you can go directly to Amazon's review page for Delight! For the rest...

This episode of the Next Step podcast features a reading of the first half of chapter 8 "I Am My Beloved's And My Beloved Is Mine" from the book Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. For the rest of this series, the readings will air weekdays at 7PM EST on Facebook Live so that you can hear Andrew Peterson read from his Wingfeather Saga at 8PM EST at ht...

This episode of the Next Step podcast features a reading of the second half of chapter 7 "He Will Rejoice Over You With Singing" from the book Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. You can find other books by author Justin Rossow at his Amazon author's page . You can see daily readings from Delight! Monday through Thursday at 8PM EST on Facebook Live or...

This episode of the Next Step podcast features a reading of the first half of chapter 7 "He Will Rejoice Over You With Singing" from the book Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. You can find other books by author Justin Rossow at his Amazon author's page . You can see daily readings from Delight! weeknights at 8PM EST on Facebook Live or recording on...

This episode of the Next Step podcast features a reading of the second half of chapter 6 "Treasured Possession" from the book Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. You can find other books by author Justin Rossow at his Amazon author's page . You can see daily readings from Delight! weeknights at 8PM EST on Facebook Live or recording on the Next Step Co...

This episode of the Next Step podcast features a reading from chapter 6 "Treasured Possession" from the book Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. You can find other books by author Justin Rossow at his Amazon author's page . You can see daily readings from Delight! weeknights at 8PM EST on Facebook Live or recording on the Next Step Community Facebook...

Season 4, Episode 4 of the Next Step podcast features a reading of chapter 5 "Desirable Delight" from the book Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. You can find other books by author Justin Rossow at his Amazon author's page . You can see daily readings from Delight! weeknights at 8PM EST on Facebook Live or recording on the Next Step Community Faceboo...

This episode of the Next Step podcast features a reading of chapter 4 of Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. Try saying, "Alexa, play the podcast Find My Next Step!" The author is reading from Delight! weeknights at 8PM EST on Facebook Live. You can see daily recording on the Next Step Community Facebook page . Find out more about the book or get a co...

This episode of the Next Step podcast features a reading of chapters 2 and 3 of Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. The author is reading from Delight! weeknights at 8PM EST on Facebook Live. You can see daily recording on the Next Step Community Facebook page . Find out more about the book or get a copy for yourself or for a friend (use this link to...

This episode of the Next Step podcast features a reading of the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow. The author is reading from Delight! weeknights at 8PM EST on Facebook Live. You can see daily recording on the Next Step Community Facebook page . Find out more about the book or get a copy for yourself or for a friend (use...

When Season 2 of The Next Step Podcast was first released, we skipped hymn 3 in Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal of Trust and Confidence . At the time, our guest was unavailable, so this Episode 3 was recorded months after the original intended release date. Our guest, Dr. Reed Lessing, served as Professor of Old Testament at Concordia Seminary before going back into the parish ministry. He was unavail...

Professor Theodore Hopkins teaches theology at Concordia University, Ann Arbor, where he also serves as Pre-Seminary Director. Verse four the hymn It is Well WIth My Soul says, "O Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight..." That's the focus of our conversation with Ted Hopkins today. After a brief intro, you'll hear author Justin Rossow pray, and Dr. Hopkins will read the verses from 1 Co...

"O God, our help in ages past / Our hope for years to come..." The hymn at the center of Episode 11 looks to God's action in the past, and God's promise for the future, as a way of entrusting our present circumstances to our present God. Pat Maier, one of the founders of Visual Faith™ Ministry  and the illustrator for Chapter 11 of the Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal of Trust and Confidence , joi...

Season 2 of the Next Step Podcast focuses on the resource, Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal of Trust and Confidence , brought to you by Next Step Press. "Come, Though Fount of Every Blessing" is the hymn focus of Episode 10, especially the verse: "Here I raise my Ebenezer..." Eben-Ezer is Hebrew for Stone of Help and comes from the story of the Old Testament prophet Samuel in 1 Samuel 7. That Stone of...

Season 2 of the Next Step Podcast focuses on the resource, Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal of Trust and Confidence , brought to you by Next Step Press. Episode 9 focuses on the hymn,"Come Unto Me, Ye Weary" and the Scripture, devotion, and faith experiment beginning on page 83. Leo Sánchez, Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary—St. Louis, will open us with prayer and then share the re...

Season 2 of the Next Step Podcast focuses on the resource, Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal of Trust and Confidence , brought to you by Next Step Press. Episode 8 centers on the hymn, Scripture, devotion, and faith experiments in chapter 8, "I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus" beginning on page 71. New Testament scholar Conrad Gempf will read the Matthew 6 Scripture on page 75 after some brief introduction...

Season 2 of the Next Step Podcast focuses on the resource, Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal of Trust and Confidence , brought to you by Next Step Press. Episode 7 focuses on the hymn, Scripture, devotion, and faith experiments in chapter 7, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory." After a brief introduction, you will hear author Justin Rossow pray, and Visual Faith Illustrator Katie Helmreich read the Philipp...

Season 2 of the Next Step Podcast focuses on the resource, Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal of Trust and Confidence , brought to you by Next Step Press. Episode 6 of 12 means we are halfway through Ponder Anew! Today's guest is Karen Hunter, the Visual Faith Illustrator for Chapter 6 and Chapter 12. You can find Karen on Facebook or on Instagram . After a brief introduction, you will hear author Justin...

Season 2 of the Next Step Podcast focuses on the resource, Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal of Trust and Confidence , brought to you by Next Step Press. Steve and Jamie Wiechman, founders of Breathe Life Ministries, join author Justin Rossow for this episode of the Next Step Podcast. After a brief introduction, you will hear  Justin pray and Steve and Jamie read responsively the Scripture passages...

Season 2 of the Next Step Podcast focuses on the resource, Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal of Trust and Confidence , brought to you by Next Step Press. Episode 4 welcomes Ann Gillaspie, the Visual Faith Illustrator who provided artwork for chapters 4 and 10 of Ponder Anew. After a brief introduction, you will hear author Justin Rossow pray, and Ann will read the Isaiah passages on page 35. After a bri...

Season 2 of the Next Step Podcast focuses on the resource, Ponder Anew: A Hymn Journal of Trust and Confidence , brought to you by Next Step Press. Episode 3 should be on the hymn, "Great is Thy Faithfulness." But, as author Justin Rossow explains, the right person for the interview won't be available until late August. Instead of just skipping a week, we are adding a bonus episode: Episode 3B, "J...