Every younger generation deserves the wisdom and experience that is most naturally mentored by an older generation. But, in this present culture, we parents and grandparents seem to resist acting our age. Isn’t this rather selfish? If we’re absent from the role of mentor, to whom are we abdicating? What is the price paid by children? Grandchildren? Children in our neighborhoods?
Foster parents serve a critical role in our country in meeting the needs of children either on a temporary basis or permanently. The following is an interview with a friend of mine from Care Net who has been a foster parent for 12 years, fostered 17 children, adopted three, and currently has two foster children living in her home as part of her family.
At the 2012 National Lutherans For Life conference, focused on Equipping the Saints For Life, there was a special workshop offered to representatives from our Renewal For Life® congregations. Saturday workshops also offered an emphasis on Renewal in the Church.
It was a typical Saturday morning in Bryan, Texas. The streets of Bryan, and the neighboring town of College Station (home to Texas A&M University), were full of students and out-of-town visitors, getting ready for another football game and all the festivities that went along with it. But, on one busy street in Bryan, a dedicated group of students from Texas A&M were preparing for a different kind of battle: a battle For Life. In front of the Planned Parenthood clinic on East 29th Street, dozens of children, college students, young adults, and families stood in a prayerful vigil—the last voice of hope to the women about to make the toughest decision of their life. The silence was only punctuated by the sound of traffic, the occasional car horn, and the heartfelt appeals of the sidewalk counselors to the women entering the clinic, urging them to rethink their decision.
This morning three men rode into Winnebago on bikes. They were on a ride that would cover over 200 miles from South Sioux City to Brownville, Nebraska. Along the way they stopped at our church for a break and some refreshments. These men were riding on behalf of Lutherans for Life.
“Equipping the Saints For Life” was the theme as over 200 Lutherans gathered August 3-4 near Chicago, from across the United States, for the 2012 Lutherans For Life National Conference.
Tired of the heat? Tired of talking about the heat? Then don’t read any further because I am going to talk about the heat. I’m compelled to as it follows me wherever I go. I just returned from fifteen days of traveling and speaking. It started in Lubbock, Texas, and the Texas District (LCMS) convention. Okay, you should expect some heat in Texas. Lubbock did not disappoint—104. But relief would surely come as I headed to Northwest Iowa for the Iowa District West (LCMS) convention. The relief measured only four degrees—100.
Directions is sent quarterly to all state federations, local chapters, Life Ministry Coordinators (LMCs), Life Teams, and Life Advocates (LAs). Each issue of Directions features articles of special interest to LFL’s grassroots. Articles are divided into five categories: Bible Study, Leadership, Faith in Action, Fundraising, Facts and Stats.
We thank God for the freedom He gives us in our country. We thank Him for those who paid such a high cost to protect and preserve this freedom. We thank Him for the freedom of religion and the freedom to exercise our religious beliefs. Given recent events, please join Lutherans For Life (LFL) this Fourth of July in praying particularly for the preservation of this latter freedom.
It’s dark in Iowa today, overcast and rainy. Nothing though like the dark clouds over our nation. They got even darker today.