Y4Life and the March for Life
Let me share a quick story with you today …
Death is Not Our Friend
The world increasingly sees death as a friend, just another part of life, a compassionate way out of suffering. We know better. We believe better. We live in victory. We endure suffering. We suffer with one another. We turn to promises, not death, in the midst of suffering. We have a better refrain to sing than touting death as friend. So sing it! “What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear!”
In the Palm of a Father’s Hand–and the Courage of Marriage
I have never met Paul and Jenn. But their story, featured on the front page of my hometown paper, caught my attention. The way I see it, Paul and Jenn have been living with dying.
The Story of Lydia
This is my daughter, Lydia. She’s 11 years old, loves Jesus, and climbing trees, and has a ready hug for anyone at any time. And before she was born, a doctor offered to abort her.
How Can Dying Be Gain?
How do we live our life and always remember that although our bodies will die, our souls will live eternally? What did the author of Philippians mean when he wrote: “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). How can dying be gain?
Living with Dying (LifeDate – Winter 2012)
On his death bed, an elderly pastor dictated a letter to his last remaining seminary classmate. He told his wife to write, “I am soon to leave the land of the living and will be with the dying.” But after a pause he said, “No, no! Change that. I am soon to leave the land of the dying and will be with the living.”
Introducing Y4Life! (LifeDate – Winter 2012)
After several busy months of planning, strategizing, and praying, I am very pleased to announce our newest initiative at Lutherans For Life—Y4Life! Formerly known as Generations For Life, Y4Life is an initiative designed to reach out to the youth and young adults of our church and equip them, in their own unique context, to be Gospel-motivated voices For Life. Through educational materials, programs, and service training, Y4Life will help these students and young adults, part of Generation Y, answer the question that the name implies: Why should we be “For Life,” what does that look like in our lives, and how can we help others believe and act the same way?
Follow Me–Make Disciples
I was listening to the radio on my way to work one morning, and heard a song that begins with a question, “If I met Jesus on the street and He said to come and follow me, would I love Him enough to give up everything?” It’s a catchy and moving song I had playing in my head all day, but it really struck me deep. How willing am I to step out on faith to give Him everything?
Moving the World from Killing to Caring
Who gives value and purpose to life and when does that happen? Value as defined by people is subjective and subject to whims and situations. Value as defined by God is based on who He is as Creator and Redeemer. In a Christian world the fact that life exists determines value.
Lutherans For Life Weeps with those in Newtown
They were innocent children in a secure place and they should have been safe. But the murderer breached the security and violated that safe place and took their lives.