When a man is young, he may feel like he can take on the world. Each day seems to open up to countless blessings. For many elderly Christians, however, life feels like a burden rather than a blessing. Thankfully, our Lord does not leave us without hope in our weakness. His Word declares His unwavering assurance.
Through adoration, acedia and atrophy, Forster perceives how the machine age exerts power over our relationships, our religion, our reality, and even our bodies.
The following article originally appeared in our April 2026 print edition. It is being published online now as part of LCMS Life Ministry’s Resource Library. If you were to ask a medical doctor what it means for a human to have “life,” he would probably cite several physical characteristics, beginning with a heart that is
Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” invites audiences to contemplate what it means to truly “be.”
This article addresses five lies our culture tells us about life and responds to them with Scripture.
I tell you, in the strong name of Jesus, your sins are forgiven.
Our son never needed abortion, he needed love.
The umbilical cord offers an image of what fundamentally makes for a good life: not autonomy and self-expression but dependence and interdependence on others.
The Church is not a throwaway society — quite the opposite. In God’s economy there is no person pointless enough to throw away.