The Countercultural Times

Above:Various outreaches from the Spring   Road Trip For Life When you put this [abortion] in perspective and show me pictures, I question whether or not it’s ok… but still think a woman has a choice."  *12 minutes later* “I agree. That’s gruesome. You changed my mind on abortion!” – Autumn I want to share a couple stories with you from our last week on the Spring  Road Trip For Life. 1)      I talked with Autumn at Western Kentucky University, (see above quote) who originally thought abortion was ok, but began to question her view just by seeing a picture of what abortion does to a baby. By the end of the conversation, after asking a few questions on her position, she realized that any position in support of abortion is indefensible, so she changed her mind, and asked how to take action about this injustice! 2)      A young man, “V.” approached me on campus and after talking about t...

ABOVE, left to right:  1) a young man who is struggling with depression at a high school in Chicago asks our team Captain, Sam Riley, to pray for him;  2) I point to a picture of a 15 week old aborted baby and ask:  “Do you think this is a person?”  3) Silas, our Special Projects Coordinator, hands a brochure to a student and answers his questions on abortion. _________________________________________________________________ The last month I have been on our Spring Road Trip For Life, travelling to colleges, high schools, and abortion facilities throughout the Midwest. One of my favorite conversations was about two hours long with a man named Asar at Western Michigan University. We chatted about abortion for a while before it became clear to me that he held an atheistic worldview. He mentioned that he did not believe his life had value, so I took the opportunity to share my faith with him. “I’m a Christian, and I know that your life DOES have value, not...

Our Justice Ride team at the University of Florida.   “The arguments you made cut straight to my heart... ...I’ve been affected by this.” –Aaron, UF Student Last week Created Equal’s Justice Ride arrived back from a week of training and outreaches at major universities throughout Florida. I really enjoy doing some of the administrative planning work for the Justice Ride , and am always blessed to see the fruit of our work during outreach. As a staff member on the trip, my role during outreach shifts from one of primarily creating conversations, to overseeing our Riders in their outreach, and helping them in their conversations with passersby. At one point during the middle of the day on Wednesday at the University of Florida, (UF) I took a step back from everything and called to my colleague Seth:  “Hey Seth, just look around for a minute. Is this not awesome?!” What was I calling his attention to? As we scanned the outreach site, all of our Jus...

Hey! It's Rachel again. Of course, you already knew that because I'm the only one writing this blog. Once every month I'll share an update that's more formal, but as I can, I'll also write whatever has been happening or something that is on my mind.  If you read these regularly, you can tell what is a regular update and what is a informal post. This is the latter.  Last week I talked to a friend who wanted to know how our week in Washington was. I didn't know where to start.  Then I read a great article (click on the title below) that shared stories from myself and 5 of my colleagues: A ‘male feminist called me a piece of s***’: pro-life youth share horror stories from Women’s March “The feminists I saw … both male and female, rejected both of the virtues belonging to their respective sexes,” he said. “I saw women yelling shrilly at others, calling them nasty names and one even [attempted] to sexually assault my colleague. [I saw] women who had no respec...

“I TRIED to change her mind, but it was YOU who did!” On Friday, January 5 th , my colleagues and I were at the local abortion facilities in Columbus, reaching the women going inside. It was a painfully cold morning! At “Founders Women’s Health Center,” one of Columbus’s two surgical abortion facilities, a couple of ladies pulled in the parking lot. They did not get out of the car, but sat in their vehicle - apparently getting ready to head inside the facility where one precious preborn child would be violently torn apart in her mother’s womb, never leaving there alive. My colleague and friend Joseph, our Operations Officer, began talking to the young girl in the passenger seat. The ladies opened the doors of the car to hear Joseph better, even though the weather was so cold.  Joseph began to appeal to her for the life of her preborn child – telling her about the beauty of the life inside of her, how the abortionist’s forceps would end this innocent life, of...

"Created Equal demonstrates the actions of abortion that many are afraid to face...  I regret my abortions, but I do not regret that Created Equal will continue to demonstrate those persons who are being killed." - Katherine I want to express my gratitude to you for your support this past year. I could tell you story after story of students who have changed their minds after seeing the victims of abortion and being presented with a concise case against abortion by someone on our team.  Your support enables these conversations to take place, and minds to be changed.  I need your help in reaching my financial goal! There are just a couple days left to get your tax deductible donations in for 2017.  Will you give so that I can continue to show the truth of abortion and change the culture on abortion? Your gift of $25, $50, or $100 will help me to be able to continue working full-time on behalf of the preborn in 2018. You can donate online...