No Two Adoptions Are the Same — Waiting for God’s Timing During the Adoption Process When I was pregnant a second time, I kind of assumed my labor and delivery would be similar to my first baby. It wasn’t, of course, because no two are the same. But you really only have experience as a reference point, no matter how many birth stories you hear. My first came so quickly, […] Read More
How God Told Me to Adopt My Son Through a Song… I’ve said before that we always knew we’d adopt if God was willing. We didn’t know when or how or where from, but it was in both of our hearts and we really hoped it’d become a reality. We’d always wanted a big family. We were so excited with the birth of our firstborn, there […] Read More
Five Ways to Empower Your Church to Adopt “It is beautiful, but hard.” This was the overture common to all three of the families I talked with last week. Each one had a very different story, but all three had adopted. Wayne and Bethany brought Ivy home from the hospital. Ivy’s birth mom specifically chose them to be the parents of her baby. […] Read More
Six Celebrities Who Chose Adoption In the past we have looked at famous adopted children including singer/songwriter Faith Hill, entrepreneur/businessman Steve Jobs, and human rights activist Nelson Mandela. Today we will explore 7 celebrities who chose adoption. We celebrate their willingness to step outside the box of societal norms, take on big challenges, and declare a victory in the life […] Read More
Five People Who Were Adopted – Did You Know? Five People You Might Not Know Were Adopted Sometimes it is easy to forget that adoption has a large impact on our society and the people around us. It is important that we recognize that adoption gives people the opportunity to become who they were meant to be and that our world is changed because […] Read More