Tornadoes 4 Life at the Texas Rally for Life

Amber Reiner, President of Tornados 4 Life at Concordia University Texas On January 28th, Tornados 4 Life attended the 2023 Texas Rally For Life at the Texas State Capitol. One thing that I really love about being a part of …

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CUC4Life – The Fruits of Our Labor

by Jesse Muehler CUC4Life (Concordia University Chicago) dedicated the month of October to focusing on food insecurity, specifically as it is found on their campus. The Pillars Pantry, launched in the Fall of 2020, is an on-campus resource designed to …

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The Comfort of Cemeteries

By Bonnie Pool When I was in elementary school, my dad would often take me to visit Concordia Cemetery on Sundays while the rest of my family was in church choir rehearsal. C.F.W. Walther is buried there, along with many …

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Practical Tips: 4 Life Ministry

By Jesse Muehler Over the course of the last few years, CUC4Life, the Y4Life team on the campus of Concordia University Chicago (CUC), has been blessed to be able to cover a wide range of life issues. From the refugee …

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Empathy Invites Engagement

By Jesse Muehler My freshman year of college, I took one of my foundational education classes required for my major. It was entitled “Teaching in Diverse Classrooms” and was designed to provide us with an overview of how to best …

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Bearing Fruit in Keeping with Repentance

by Olivia Proctor Whenever people ask about my siblings—how many I have, how many brothers and how many sisters, what their ages are—it’s always a bit odd to these people when I tell them about the sixteen-year gap between my …

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You Are Your Best Thing?

by Michelle Bauman You are Your Best Thing is the title of a book by Tarana Burke, founder of the “MeToo” movement, and Brene Brown—professor, author, and public speaker. The book is a “collection of essays on Black shame and …

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For Whom the Bell Toll

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 supposed to be one of his finest. I spent years reading novels and …

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Life High the Cross

by Michelle Bauman 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 a staple of my childhood, an easy hymn to belt out alongside my …

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