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For the Homeless

May 24, 2023

By: Rebecca Oerman Being For Life is about more than abortion and working to support mothers and their babies. For example, for the past three years, one of the projects that the Knights4Life Y4Life group from Martin Luther Jr./Sr. High School in Northrop, Minnesota, …

“Avatar: The Way of Water” Movie Review

April 26, 2023

by Noah & Nadia Hartwig Earlier this year, when we were home on break, Nadia’s grandpa took some of her siblings and us to see the movie “Avatar: The Way of Water.” Having recently watched the first movie, we were …

Hope in Suffering

March 15, 2023

By: Olivia Hitz “The joy of the Lord is my strength,” I whisper to myself as I exhale through the pain in my hip. I’m standing in line to go up to the communion rail on Sunday morning, but I …

What’s A Christian To Do?

January 18, 2023

Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life 2023 is off to a good start! From local and national marches to our own life-affirming events – Frontline Call, Life Week 2023, and Y4Life in Washington, D.C. to name just a few – January …

The Purpose of Christmas

December 21, 2022

Cori Meier, Y4Life Assistant It’s that time of year again, when the hustle and bustle of Christmas preparations take over our lives. We rush around trying to find the perfect gifts for our families and friends or the perfect outfit …

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"Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'" - John 8:12

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." - Matthew 5:14-16

"...because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." - Luke 1:78-79

"In him was life, and the life was the light of men.The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." - John 1:4-5

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." - Jeremiah 1:5

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." - John 10:10

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth." - Psalm 139:13-15

"Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his." - Romans 6:3-5

"For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth. Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of you." - Psalm 71:5-6

"And Peter said to them, 'Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.'" - Acts 2:38-39

"Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.'" - John 3:5