Every year, people make New Year’s resolutions for things – like quitting smoking, losing weight, exercising more, eating right…and so on.  While I certainly support all of these types of resolutions (even if they are not kept), I wanted to challenge everyone to some resolutions that can help end the abortion holocaust.

I know many of you who are reading this are already sacrificing so much for the cause of the babies; you already go above and beyond what most others do.  But this year is different.  This is the beginning of the 40^th year of legalized abortion in America, and I believe we need to raise the bar.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a commentary about this beginning of the 40^th year of abortion in America.  It can be read here if you have not read it yet: http://wp.me/pKipa-14p

Top Ten  – I know there are many more ideas; I just wanted to give you’re a kick-start on being more active this year.

10.  VOTE! This being an election year, we can do so much by voting and encouraging everyone we know to vote pro-life.  Check out www.bemyvote.com to see how you can help be the change that saves lives.

9.  Pro-life Social Networking is a great way to spread pro-life facts and information to millions of people.  Stand True and Priests for Life are constantly posting great pro-life information that you can copy and paste onto your Facebook, blog, or social networking site.  Please visit and “Like” the Priests for Life, and Stand True Facebook fan pages to get the latest news and updates you can help spread.

- http://www.facebook.com/standtrueforlife

- http://www.facebook.com/priestsforlife.org

8.  Organize a diaper drive for your local Pregnancy Resource Center.  Contact your local CPC to see if anyone is already doing a drive you can join in on, and if not, volunteer to do one yourself.   E-mail info@standtrue.com for more information on how to run a diaper drive.

7.  Educate yourself on all aspects of the pro-life movement.  One important thing you can do is sign up for e-mail updates from your favorite pro-life organizations on most of their websites.  Each organization has different information, so it pays to sign up for a few and just read what you can.  There are also great educational resources online at priestsforlife.org, standtrue.com, hh76.com, and abort73.com.

6.  Wear pro-life t-shirts and clothing.  You can reach thousands of people a day wearing a pro-life t-shirt.  My favorite place to wear mine is the airport; I think I get maximum visibility there.  School is also a great place to wear a pro-life t-shirt – if your school gives you trouble, you can always contact the Alliance Defense Fund at 1-800-tell-adf. You can order great pro-life t-shirts at Pro-life World:  www.prolifeworld.com

5.  Donate regularly to a pro-life organization of your choice; these organizations operate solely from generous donations from people like you.  There are many great organizations that I can list that deserve your support, but seeming as I work for Priests for Life and Stand True I will suggest these two.  Simply go to priestsforlife.org or standtrue.org and make an online donation, or find out how to get on their mailing lists.

4.  Volunteer at your local Pregnancy Resource Center or Home for Unwed Mothers.  These ministries always need help – whether it is answering phones, cleaning, yard work, or other duties.  Look up Abortion Alternatives in the phone book.

3.  Distribute pro-life literature wherever you go.  It is important that we are always prepared to present a knowledgeable and strong pro-life message at any time.  I suggest visiting sites like priestsforlife.org and hh76.org, and ordering pro-life literature to keep with you at all times.

2.  Sidewalk counseling is one of the most effective ways of outreach in saving unborn children.  Being in front of the abortion clinic and standing in the gap for the children is vital, and has proven to save countless lives.  If you would like more information about effective and compassionate sidewalk counseling, please contact Elizabeth McClung at info@austincoalitionforlife.com

1.  Prayer is our most powerful weapon and something we can do every day.  I recommend putting something next to your bed or on your dresser that will remind you to pray daily; a fetal model or baby toy are great reminders.

BONUS IDEA – Can you start 2012 with a special Kick Off donation to Stand True?  We are working hard to make this year our most active ever.  This is the beginning of the 40^th year; that means one full generation has now survived the abortion holocaust.  Please help us to make sure that we do not let this holocaust continue for another generation.

Please click here and make a donation today to help us save lives in 2012 -  http://tinyurl.com/3snmbob – or click on donate on the top of this page.

I know it is Christmas season (yes, I refuse to call it “the holiday season”). I know we are mostly thinking about joyous and happy things this time of year, and I really don’t want to spoil that for you.

But as much as I enjoy Christmastime, it also brings another season along with it for me to begin preparations. Every year at this time I kick into full gear with my planning and for the annual March for Life in Washington, DC.

This year is probably one of the most significant I have ever planned for as we are entering the 40th year of the decriminalization of abortion in America. I was 4 years old when the Supreme Court once again decided to strip the personhood from a group of people, as they did back in 1857 with the Dred Scott decision. I don’t have much memory of life at 4 years old, so in my lifetime I have never really known a time when babies were not being slaughtered.

Anyone who knows me knows I can be a very emotional person and I am honestly fighting back the tears right now as I am typing these words. 40 years! It is so hard for me to grasp the fact that we as a society are still justifying the systematic slaughter of sector of society as some even fight for it existence as a human rights issue.

I just got back to the United States last night from a trip to Brussels, Belgium and The Hague, Netherlands. I spoke at and participated in the March for Life, Netherlands on Saturday. While I was standing on the side of the crowd I tried to talk to a woman who was dressed as Jesus and screaming obscenities at the march participants. As I spoke to her and asked her what she was so angry about, all she could say to me over and over again was “f@*k off”.

Normally I would think that someone protesting would love to have a chance to share their opinion, to explain why they would take the time to come and protest. The fact is that most of the time the pro-abortion side will not talk to us because they know their position is truly indefensible. They know that abortion is the killing of a human being and that they can only argue from emotional rabbit trails that go away from the core issue at hand.

This is one of the reasons I believe this is a spiritual battle and not just a matter of showing the facts. Of course showing the truth, presenting a good factual argument and using scientific truth is important. Even with all of that, this battle is first and foremost, spiritual warfare. This girl was obviously angry with God and hated Him enough to mock Him openly in the streets. I realized that talking to her at that point was useless so I decided to just pray for her as that is what she needed most.

I have noticed over the years while doing outreach at abortion clinics that the pro-abortion volunteers get most angry with me while I am praying or reading my Bible. They hate it when people gather and pray a rosary or the Psalms. They hate when preachers will just read out loud the word of God; it simply drives them insane.

The spiritual battle does not just exist outside of the abortion clinics; the war is raging inside the churches as those who call themselves followers of Christ continue to ignore this battle. The spirit of apathy is alive and well inside of churches and it is winning.

Can you imagine if those of us who called ourselves Christian and claimed to be pro-life actually stood up and said, “No More”? What if the pastors and priests led their congregations to the gates of hell, the killing centers, and got on their faces before God to cry out about this blood being spilled in the streets? What if every single person in each city where these death camps existed marched to the front doors and said, “No More”?

Maybe you are one of those who think that this is just too big of a hill to climb, just as some thought that William Wilberforce could not climb the hill to abolish slavery? Maybe you are one who thinks that we must just accept the way things are because they will never change, just like those who thought Martin Luther King, Jr. would never change things?

I see things differently. I know what God did in my life, pulling me out of the muck and mire that I wallowed in for so many years. I witnessed God perform miracles in my life that kept me alive when I thought death was imminent. During my drug years a man opened my camper and pointed a gun at my head to kill me, but instead he walked away after holding gun towards me for several seconds. Later I talked to this man; he told me when he looked into my camper it was empty.

I know how big God is. I know he is bigger than abortion. I have seen God take a scumbag like myself and allow me to go out and help lead a generation of the most amazing young people to take a stand against the killing of their generation. I still believe God is bigger than abortion and that we will win this battle.

This generation also believes that and that is why this is the generation who will end abortion. This will be the next William Wilberforce generation; they will take action and be the generation to usher in the abolition of the worst human rights tragedy in history, abortion.

As we enter the 40th year of decriminalized child killing in America it is time for Christians to break off the chains of 40 years of apathy and rise up, stand true and cry out for the abolition of abortion.

Are you with us?

For Christ I Stand,

Bryan Kemper