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

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Stop the Silence Run 2020

LifeDate Spring 2021 Photo: Martin Luther High School, Northrup, Minnesota by Ella Bolen  Stop the Silence was a fundraising race put on by Corrie’s House. Corrie’s House is a non-profit

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Lift High the Cross

by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life We sang “Lift High the Cross” today at church. I’m certain I’ve sung it more than a hundred times in my life; it was

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Suffering and Psalm 74

by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life, I don’t know about you, but I occasionally find myself being able to relate to the writer of Psalm 74. From the first verse,

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Tennis and Toddlers

by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life, Sometimes when I read about Christ’s ministry, I’m reminded of a tennis match. I envision Jesus, the number one singles player in the entire

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A Bible Study: The Most Important Miracle

Directions – January-February 2021 Sometimes we may wonder what good God’s forgiveness does. It doesn’t always seem like this Gospel proclamation—“Your sins are forgiven!”—makes much of a difference. It doesn’t

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