Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep34. Serving the Younger Generation: An End Goals Crossover | Rev. Mark Kiessling & Julianna Shults, DCE

Steph interviews End Goals’ Rev. Mark Kiessling and DCE Julianna Shults about honoring and caring for the pre-teens, teens, and young adults in our churches and communities.

Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep33. Two Guys Take Over: A Discussion on Male Friendship | Rev. Jeff Hemmer

Steph hands the host mic off to her husband as he interviews Pastor Jeff Hemmer on the importance and the gift of guys having guy friendships.

Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep32. Caring for Aging Parents | Cheryl Magness

Cheryl Magness talks about her decade’s long journey of serving as primary caregiver for her aging mother, and how it has given her a newfound understanding of vocation, sacrificial living, and the Fourth Commandment.

Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep31. Loving Children through Foster Care | Rev. Hans & Katie Fiene

Join Steph and guests, Pastor Hans and Katie Fiene, as they talk about loving children through foster care – including the joys and the challenges they’ve experienced in their own family journey.

Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep30. The Floor Is Yours: The Catechism as a Framework for Life | Rev. Dr. John Pless

Rev. Dr. John Pless, author of A Small Catechism on Human Life, joins Steph to discusses how Luther’s Small Catechism provides a helpful framework for Christian thought and action in regards to life issues.

Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep29. You Don’t Have to Walk Alone: What It Means to Have a Christian Mentor | Darcy Paape

Join Steph and guest Darcy Paape as they unpack what it means to have a Christian mentor, and how a Christian mentoring relationship is reflective of Christ’s call to discipleship.

Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep28. Living with Endometriosis | Lena Scamman

Dear sister in Christ, Lena Scamman, joins Steph to talk about the Lord’s faithfulness to her, even as she daily lives the story of pain and suffering from endometriosis.

Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep26. Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs | Deaconess Pamela Boehle-Silva, R.N.

Deaconess Pamela shares a faithful and honest story of her mother’s dementia diagnosis and the grief she experienced both before and after her mother’s death.

Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep25. Friends in Real Life: Parenting Twins with Autism | Rev. Sam & Olivia Pitsch

Sam and Olivia share their story about the joys and the challenges they share in raising twin boys who have been diagnosed with autism.