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 …
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 …
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 …
Hello everyone! My name is Anna Young, and I am honored to share with you a small snippet of the pro-life ministry I led throughout high school in Nashville, TN. Every year, I organized a baby item drive with local …
by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life My window view is filled with rain and blustery winds today. It reminds me of images from a Winnie the Pooh book I read as a child and later read to our children. In …
by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life Have you ever played, Mastermind®? It’s a board game that came out in the 70s. Though I remember seeing it in our home as a little girl, I wasn’t deemed “big enough” the first …
By Hallie Barteau Living out one’s pro-life ideology can manifest in various facets of a person’s life. One area in the lives of many individuals is involvement in political affairs. Whether this includes running for office, voting in a local …
By Maggie Obersat Father’s Day is a tradition that has been around in America since the early 1900s. However, from its infancy, Father’s Day did not enjoy universal support. Perhaps that’s because, as one florist put it, “Fathers haven’t the …
My Cup Runneth Over by Michelle Bauman One of my favorite devotional books, A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller, resides on the top shelf of the bookcase near my desk. I don’t remember how I came …
by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life The last two mornings I’ve woken up to the crooning of Willie Nelson in my head. Frankly, it’s been a little unsettling. Though I have childhood memories of my aunt singing his songs while …
It is evening, and I’m preparing for a night of rest. The truth is, I’m looking forward to bed, and that’s pretty uncommon for me.