Decatur | Marian Blankenship knows how to tell a good story. And at age 92, she has a lot of good stories to tell. Still active, she teaches a Sunday school class and until recently played the trombone in her church’s praise band. Marian grew up in the central Illinois village of Heyworth, where her […]
Illinois remains top abortion destination
Chicago | For the third straight year, Illinois is the top destination in the nation for women travelling out of their own states for abortions. That report comes at the same time an Illinois organization paying for those travel costs reports having a $14 million budget to support the industry. The Chicago Tribune reported of […]
Priority ’26: Written in the scars
Across Illinois | “If I reach down to my thigh, I feel what feels like a bullet wound,” veteran missionary Tina Boesch told the more than 700 women gathered at multiple sites across Illinois attending Priority 2026. “And that would be a great story, wouldn’t it, if I actually had a bullet wound? I don’t.” […]
Priority ’26: Turning scars into hope
Across Illinois | “You bring the flame, God; we brought the sacrifice,” Carmen Halsey-Menghini prayed in the opening session of Priority 2026, IBSA’s annual women’s conference. She challenged women in churches across Illinois to step into people’s pain, see them as individuals, and use lived experience to bring hope where it is most needed. Speaking […]
Priority ’26: Persevere through pain
Decatur | “If I reach down to my thigh, I can feel what feels like a bullet wound,” veteran missionary, Tina Boesch told women attending Priority 2026 on Friday (April 24). “And that would be a great story, wouldn’t it, if I actually had a bullet wound? I don’t.” The injury, caused by a metal radiator pipe […]
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