Meet Our TWO Y4Life Interns!

Y4Life is excited to announce that we’re hiring TWO interns this summer! Thanks to generous donations and grant monies, Y4Life will be investing in the next generation of Leaders 4 Life this summer and moving forward with plans for serving …

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Inspired by the Chats4Life presentation on the elderly by Virginia Flo, the Y4Life group at Lutheran North in Macomb, Michigan, hosted an event to make valentines for residents of a local nursing home. We wanted to remind our elderly neighbors …

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God’s Nevertheless

by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of conjunctive adverbs. Words like therefore, consequently, furthermore, and likewise get my adrenaline flowing. They’re bold and flashy sports car words—the five-cylinder, rev-your-engine type. …

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Lessons from a Bird’s Nest

by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life There’s a bird sitting in my herb tower, a robin to be exact. As I write this article, I can see her nestled down and half-hidden between the parsley and dill I planted early …

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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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Reunions

I’m a big fan of reunions. Like a child looking forward to Christmas morning.

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Call to Action

Pro-life Experiences at Hillsdale College: A Call to Action By Katie ReidMay 18th, 2021 One of the most profound experiences I had during my freshman year at Hillsdale College was when Rebecca Punches, the high school and young professionals coordinator …

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Stop the Silence Run 2020

Photo: Martin Luther High School, Northrup, Minnesota by Ella Bolen  Stop the Silence was a fundraising race put on by Corrie’s House. Corrie’s House is a non-profit Christ-centered house with refugee services, focusing on girls who have been sexually exploited. …

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Life Work in 2020: Shaped 4 Good

by Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life As a child, I spent lots of time with my grandma. She taught me how to crochet, how to ease an earache, and how to level off a cup of flour. She introduced me …

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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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