“Jacob’s Story” is about a lot of things. This account, his parents’ summary of his last days with us, is both heart-rending and faith-filling. It is a tragedy, but one that is imbued with Christian hope. “Jacob’s Story” is an episode to which we will refer many times in Season 3 and beyond, for what happened with Jacob Juneau changed more than the lives of his family. It changed the lives of many others. We suspect, as the conversation continues, that “Jacob’s Story” is going to change more lives than, perhaps, even we can imagine.

We had a long break in Season 2 of Christ In All Things. We’ll talk a bit about that in Season 3. Starting soon, Christ In All Things will not only be the podcast location for teaching and interviews, but also for sermons delivered at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and for other teaching and conversation at events such as our Reformation Tap Society. We’re glad to be back.

Recorded 14 May, A.D. 2025.

In Part 2 of our interview with Brett Helwig we talk about how life in the church is forming him, and how his talents in music and engineering combine in Christ. We have a delightful introduction to his very engineer-ish encounter, courtship, and marriage to a vivacious farm girl named Kerri. We also hear about the Helwig’s journey to membership at St. Paul’s and love of God's creation. To listen to Brett is to hear a man who is very self-aware, loves to learn, and has an engaging sense of humor and Christian humility.

Recorded 30 April, A.D. 2024.

Brett Helwig is “not an overthinker.” Funny thing to say for an engineer! Yet, as you’ll hear in Part 1 of our interview, Brett Helwig thinks both broadly and carefully. He comes from faithful, servant stock with deep, deep Christian faith. That family was very formative for him, as were some significant events in his young life. Brett was born in 1995, so as of this recording he’s less than 30 years old, but to hear him is to hear a Biblical wisdom formed in the crucible of faithful family and church life under the cross of Jesus.

Recorded 30 April, A.D. 2024.