Men and Their Identity
It has become tradition for me to read to my husband while he is driving.
Reflections from Birth Mothers
For a while now, we at Lutheran Family Service of Iowa have been thinking and talking about ways to be more intentional and active in our support to birth mothers following their adoption placement. But after the placement, when things seem to be going well, it has been easy for us to go on with busy work schedules and attend to other people who need our attention. But we won’t neglect them any more. Not after one incredible weekend last fall.
Giving a Gift Annuity Can Benefit Others
Many friends of Lutherans For Life are using a gift annuity as a way of increasing their own retirement income and making a future gift to support the mission of Lutherans For Life. You probably know how a charitable gift annuity works.
Y4Life – We ARE the For Life Generation
What role do youth play in the For Life movement? Are they even engaged? What do they think about life issues? These are the questions I am often asked when I tell people about our new initiative, Y4Life.
LFL – LUTHERANS For Life
You don’t have to look very hard to see that the Lutheran landscape is changing, especially in the last five years. The fourth and fifth largest Lutheran church bodies (Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ/North American Lutheran Church) in the United States weren’t even in existence 15 years ago.
Life Legacy Society Members 2012
The Life Legacy Society was established in 2011. It recognizes all supporters who have notified us that they have put LFL into their will or estate. We currently have 55 individuals/families that have notified us they have put Lutherans For Life into their will or estate. Their names are below. If you have done this, but have not let us know, please do so. We encourage LFL donors to prayerfully consider putting LFL into your will or estate. If you need help with your will or estate, let us know—we can assist you.
Where the Rubber Hits the Road
LFL’s Renewal For Life® mission statement is to equip Lutheran congregations to be Gospel-motivated voices For Life. In the local congregation, Renewal For Life® consists of a Life Team Leader and a Life Team. The Life Team Leader is selected by the pastor in prayerful consultation with other leaders in the congregation. The Life Team, then, assists the pastor and the congregation with life issues-related ministry.
Mady’s Story
Why should the church speak up for life? Let’s have Liz and Patrick tell their story:
Is All Human Life Equal?
“All life is not equal.” These are the words of Mary Elizabeth Williams, in her Jan. 23 Salon article, “So what if abortion ends life?” Williams acknowledges the humanity of the aborted child, yet justifies the taking of life with that chilling statement, “All life is not equal.” She observes that we make other judgments regarding the taking of life, such as by drone strikes, capital punishment, or allowing a patient with a terminal illness to die. But of course, the unborn babies in question are not criminals or terrorists, nor in the throes of death.
A Deadly Anniversary
Some anniversaries you wish you did not have to observe. 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision of January 22, 1973, striking down all prohibitions of abortion. Somewhere around fifty-eight million abortions have been committed since. Fifty-eight million babies destroyed and even more lives affected forever because they believed the lie of “choice.”