by afladmin | Dec 30, 2019 | Abortion, End of Life
“Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all the nations: a light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.” (Luke 2:29-32)...
by afladmin | Dec 16, 2019 | Abortion
Each month we will offer a list of action ideas so you can defend, honor, and celebrate Life in your churches and communities on our Take Action page. This month, we are looking at life ministry at Christmas. Doesn’t it feel like Advent becomes shorter and...
by afladmin | Dec 9, 2019 | Abortion, Pregnancy
A young, unmarried woman receives very unexpected news. Her fiancé does not handle it well. She anticipates the scorn of her close-knit, religious community. The woman’s story sounds all too familiar. However, her story is anything but normal, because this is Mary,...
by afladmin | Aug 26, 2019 | Abstinence
What rises up in you when you hear the word obedience? Is it fear? Contempt? Refusal? Rebellion? Indifference? Trust? Perhaps you flash back to a childhood memory. Or maybe you begin to wrestle with an unhealed and unresolved trauma that resulted from something you...
by afladmin | Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
In Christian teaching we often mix up the idea of imperatives and indicatives—commands and truths. Some of us think that imperatives threaten our freedom. Others love these commands, but for the wrong reasons, thinking that if we keep the commands we can somehow...