Bearing Burdens with Joy
By Macy Froetschner As I reflect on Ephesians 4, I am humbled by the beauty of Christ’s Church. Paul paints an image of one body, intricately connected, with Christ as the head. This body is held together by God’s perfect …
By Macy Froetschner As I reflect on Ephesians 4, I am humbled by the beauty of Christ’s Church. Paul paints an image of one body, intricately connected, with Christ as the head. This body is held together by God’s perfect …
By Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life The spring rains have come. The trees are budding, and the flowers are blooming: It will be graduation season soon. As a former teacher in Lutheran schools, the month of May carries with it …
By Kate Roberts While wandering around the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I stumbled across a plant called the crown-of-thorns plant, or the Christ plant. A beautiful succulent with a thorny stem and brightly colored flowers, it is …
By: Olivia Hitz She wears long sleeves and pants during the summer. She says she’s cold, but she’s sweating under her clothes. Her best friends accept her lies without a second thought. She has successfully fooled them all, and they’ll …
By Michelle Bauman I’m sure you’ve heard talk in the news about a recession lately; more and more pundits are expressing fear, worry, and impending doom. Concern over our country’s financial woes accompany stories about rising gas prices, pictures of …
By Michelle Bauman, Y4Life Director I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of family photos, especially generational ones. Whether browned at the edges or shiny and new, family photos are valuable. They provide a record of sorts, …
By Michelle Bauman Sometimes it’s easy to be a Gospel-motivated voice For Life. You simply wait for God to open a door, and then you walk right through. Here’s a prime example: While exhibiting at a recent youth conference, participants …
By Madison Zuniga “Well, I would love to go to graduate school, or work in the publishing and editing field, but I definitely want to prioritize starting a family.” A crease forms on my friend’s forehead, and I sense her …
Olivia Hitz “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, …
Reviewing Erika Bachiachi’s The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision By: Nadia Hartwig In the current political climate, where being a “feminist” usually encompasses pro-abortion rallies, anti-marriage stances, and hostile views toward traditional gender roles beneath shouts for gender …