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Archive for October, 2008

Midway Rally Announcement

Monday, October 13th, 2008

The Midway Rally location has been confirmed.  We will be meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7pm in the Cafeteria at St. Benedict’s School (4811 Wallingford Ave N, Seattle, WA).  Be sure to go to the school and not the church.  There will be signs up indicating which entrance to use.  Joining us will be Pastor Ken Hutcherson and Ellen Egge from Silent No More.  I look forward to seeing you all Tomorrow night!

You are Amazing!

Monday, October 6th, 2008

The dedication that I am seeing in numerous supporters of 40 Days for Life at the Seattle vigil site has left many of them telling me “I want to give even MORE of myself!”  This is amazing!  And it shows how much we not only believe in the right to life, but also sincerely believe and witness and love this intrinsic gift of life.  In the beginning of this rally you were challenged to make this 40 day time period truly remarkable in your life, truly different, truly prayerful, to lift your heart and soul and life to God through it.  Many people are doing this through their time and prayer at the vigil site.  I thank you for your dedication and hope that more will continue to respond as you have.  Many are also showing this commitment outside the vigil.  I’ve had a few requests to repeat what I mentioned at the Kickoff Rally for other ways of giving of ourselves outside the vigil.  Here are some practical ways of lifting up our lives to God in beseeching for His grace and His love to be showered over those considering an abortion, those who support abortions, those who perform abortions, those who are aborted, and for a movement of heart in us all:

  • Getting up a half hour early and praying before work or school
  • Having your family pray together after dinner for the unborn
  • Making time to read the Bible each day
  • Spiritually adopting an unborn child
  • Wearing 40 Days for Life shirts, sweaters, bracelets to invoke conversations
  • Going to a church for a little bit of time each day to pray in solitude
  • Fasting from a certain food or entertainment
  • Praying a specific form of prayer each day (Bible passage, Stations of the Cross, rosary, chaplet, lectio divina, liturgy of the hours)
  • Supporting the other pro-life activities going on this month

These are continued ways, outside the vigil, to show our commitment and dedication during these 40 days.  These are also ways of simply keeping in mind, throughout the day, the unborn and their utter dependence on our Heavenly Father.  Finally, these are ways to show our total desire for the heart of Christ to transform our culture through ourselves.