10 Blessings of Foster Care
LifeDate Spring 2021 by Pastor Michael Salemink The Gospel means we belong! We belong to our Heavenly Father. We belong because He creates, redeems, and calls each one of us.
One Man’s Story of Grief and Grace
LifeDate Spring 2021 by Steve Deysher There was a trial in my life that lasted a long time. I became full of self-pity and bitterness. I was really angry at
We Will Not Fall Silent
LifeDate Spring 2021 by Pastor Michael Salemink Let’s talk about something besides coronavirus, okay? We got a good indicator of how we’re doing a few years ago. A 2017 Pew
LFL National Team Retreat – February 2021
LifeDate Spring 2021 We are thankful that bad road conditions and ice storms didn’t stop the entire Lutherans For Life national team from gathering together in Branson, Missouri, and Nevada,
Jordan
LifeDate Spring 2021 by Lynette Auch, President of National Lutherans For Life The date was December 23. Outside the hospital, a whiteout blizzard was raging. Inside, the young parents were
No Child Goes Unwanted
LifeDate Spring 2021 by Pastor Michael Salemink The United States observes May as National Foster Care Month. President Ronald Reagan first designated it so in 1988. It calls attention and
We All Belong
LifeDate Spring 2021 by Mona Fuerstenau If you have read any of the articles I have submitted over the past year or so, you will not be surprised that I
Chosen
LifeDate Spring 2021 by Marie K. MacPherson Jesus said, “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine,
For Whom the Bell Tolls
LifeDate Spring 2021 by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life Perhaps you’ve heard of the fairly famous novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway. As Hemingway novels go, it’s
Life Work in 2020: Shaped 4 Good
LifeDate Spring 2021 by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life As a child, I spent lots of time with my grandma. She taught me how to crochet, how to ease an