This advent season, I’ve been drawn to scripture to read again about the birth of Jesus. It never fails to amaze me that no matter how many times I read those verses, the Lord helps me see something new. This time, two short words really caught my attention - in Matthew 1:8: “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place…

I wonder how a woman who recently had an abortion might feel this time of year. Statistically, in Pennsylvania, nearly 600 women had an abortion just this past week. I wonder if these women, now that their babies aren’t with them anymore, might they be more keenly aware of babies at Christmas – even nativity scenes with…

One of our pregnant clients and her boyfriend have a toddler daughter and they brought her along to their ultrasound appointment. The little girl was a delight! AND – she repeated everything she heard. At one point during the scan, the dad said, ‘There’s a baby in there!”  That’s all it took. The little girl heard…

Behold to Become: Reflecting on Jesus to Reflect Jesus. That’s something we’ve been pondering for the past several months at Align. We’ve been mindful of beholding Christ – seeing Him, listening to Him, allowing Him to fill us with a sense of wonder and awe. We behold Him as though we’re looking in a mirror……

We love sharing stories of clients who see their babies on the ultrasound screen and choose to carry them to term. And yet, as you might imagine, that’s not always how it goes. Some of our clients are caught in messy situations—facing circumstances that steer them to reluctantly consider abortion. Some clients…

A local pastor recently asked us, “What are the biggest needs you’re seeing in our community?” One of the answers that came to our minds pretty quickly is the need for all of us, as human beings, to make decisions about our sexuality and our sexual activities that align with God’s design for our lives. At Align…