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  • Pro-Life series: Death Penalty

    “I am pro-life.” I hear those words frequently, but have come to realize that people who say them often mean different things. Sometimes they mean “I am adamantly against abortion, and will focus my...
    October 26, 2015
  • Pro-Life series: Fully Alive in Old Age

    Recently I was at a family gathering and beheld a precious moment as my elderly mother held a newly born great-grandson in her arms…an age difference of 89 years. Although the baby received all the...
    October 23, 2015
  • Pro-Life series: Foster Care

    To me, being pro-life means that you commit to the life, goodness, hope, image-of-God in a person—even when that person can be really, really difficult to be around. Being pro-life means that there’s no such thing as running out of chances. To be pro-life is to learn to see a person’s whole story—not just the front cover.
    October 21, 2015
  • Pro-Life series: Life and Death on Lampedusa

    This is the 10th post in our "What Being Pro-Life Means to Me" series! What does being pro-life mean to you? Over this fall, we'll hear various writers respond to that question. Learn more and...
    October 19, 2015
  • Pro-Life series: Proclaiming Good News to the Poor

    This is the 7 th post in our "What Being Pro-Life Means to Me" series! What does being pro-life mean to you? Over this fall, we'll hear various writers respond to that question. Learn more and...
    October 9, 2015
  • The Blanket Exercise- Learning to Hear a Different Story

    I have participated in the Blanket Exercise several times and each time I have heard people, of all backgrounds, say “I never knew. Nobody ever told me this.” How we tell the story matters and the Blanket Exercise gives us the opportunity to learn a more complete story.
    October 7, 2015
  • Pro-Life series: Welcoming Refugees

    Refugees are in the news these days, and Christians are responding. We hear about the crisis and we want to help. Almost every day I'm asked by people who know I work with refugees, "When will the...
    October 5, 2015