Remembering Our Roots

LifeDate Fall 2020 by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life I’ve been reflecting on roots lately … obsessing over them, if I’m honest. It all began last spring when I filled

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Rejoice Always

LifeDate Fall 2020 by Virginia Flo, Regional Director of Minnesota & National Conference Director Do you remember these verses from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks

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Guiding Youth Toward Justice

LifeDate Fall 2020 by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life I’ve been thinking a lot about justice lately. I’m guessing we all have. It’s a topic that resonates with people of

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Compassion and Disability

LifeDate Fall 2020 by Mona Fuerstenau, Director of Ministry Partnerships at Bethesda Lutheran Communities The word “compassion” is often misunderstood. What sets it apart from even the words used in

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While You Were Sleeping

LifeDate Fall 2020 by Jeff Duncan Note: This article and poem were originally published in the February 12, 1999, edition of Spectrum (Volume 31, Issue 5), “A Publication of the

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Gospel-Motivated

LifeDate Fall 2020 by Pastor Michael Salemink Lutherans For Life equips Lutherans to be Gospel-motivated voices For Life. Gospel-motivated means compassion. It means we don’t shout in anger. It means

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