The Bible says the children are a blessing from the Lord. Thatās a big, scary statement and as their parents we have the responsibility to raise them well. Letās look at parenting from 10,000 feet. There are essentially two very broad but different approaches to parenting: Do as I say Do as I do In [...]
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People Mean Well, No Really They Do
I know people mean well, but good intentions are not necessarily an indicator of right actions. We've been asked some questions over the years that either leave us smiling or scratching our heads. These questions could be considered misguided or uninformed, perhaps the thoughts of people who donāt know any better, but when strangers ask [...]
How to Ruin a Saturday
I have a coworker who just took a short trip out of town with her husband. He is the outdoorsy type. He loves exploring and finding adventure and she is more of the stay at the cabin and read a book type. This, as you might imagine, is a source of conflict between them whenever [...]
Celebration Day
Today is a day of celebration for our family. Our two oldest kids are getting baptized. All of our family who live in town, grandparents aunts and uncles, and our small group from church are joining us in the celebration. The celebrating party includes Tori's birth mother. As we were driving to pick her up [...]
November is National Adoption Month
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Creating a Healthy Adoption Culture in Your Church
About a minute into the greatest sermon ever preached Jesus tells us that we are the light of the world. I know, big responsibility is placed on us in that moment. I think that a way for our churches to be the light of the world is by embracing the ministry of adoption and foster [...]
What Does Your Label Say?
We all like to label things. If it doesn't have a label, then it doesn't make any sense to us. We even have label makers so that we can label our things. Apparently the names they were assigned by their makers donāt really work for us. We have to give them names that fit our [...]
Hot Cocoa (Honey Sweetened)
I love when the weather gets cold out and I can drink all my favorite warm drinks. Ā I'm not a coffee drinker, but I love a big mug of coconut creamer teaĀ (similar to a chai tea latte). Ā I also love creamy rich hot cocoa. Ā I have tried many recipes over the years to avoid all [...]
Why People Matter to God
The topic assigned to us forĀ last weekend's Tapestry conference was "Why does my child's birth family really matter?" It seemed like an easy topic at first, after all we have been at this for a long time, we even have a very open adoption with our oldest daughter. We know about birth families. We should, [...]
Are We Asking Too Much?
Like all of us, I am many things. I am a husband, father, son, brother, employee, boss and coach. My varsity soccer season starts laterĀ this month and as I was planningĀ for another season I started thinkingĀ about some of my teams over theĀ years. I love coaching and some of my favorite memories have been of coaching [...]