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Are We Really Considering the Cost?
Jeremy Haskins:
Last night an older gentlemen at church cornered me and asked, “How much does it cost to adopt from Ethiopia?” When I answered the question, the man looked as if he would literally pass out. He then acted amazed that anyone could actually do it.
I began thinking about the reality that no one acts [...]
Transracial Adoption Documentary
Bethany Christian Services Ethiopia blog:
I just finished watching this really insightful documentary about transracial adoption. Although it is done from a domestic adoption perspective, I think there are many issues and challenges that you’ll find will overlap with children coming home from Ethiopia (and their adoptive families). Families would be well served to watch this [...]
Orphan care is not what I do. It’s what Jesus does.
Dan Cruver has been writing an excellent series at the Together for Adoption blog titled, “Orphan care is not what I do. It’s what Jesus does.” He writes,
“No, your eyes were not playing tricks on you when you read the title of this post. Orphan care is not what I do. It is what Jesus [...]
A Conversation with the Tuohys
Hope for Orphans blog:
By now, you’ve likely either seen the movie “The Blind Side”, or you at least have it on your must-watch list. Released in Fall 2009, the movie tells the story of the Tuohy family, a well-to-do Christian family in Memphis, Tennessee, who took in and adopted a homeless, traumatized teenage boy named [...]
A Time for Men
Christian Alliance blog:
It sometimes seems Christian men are ten steps behind the women in responding to God’s call to care for orphans, whether via adoption, foster care or global orphan care. There’d be a lot to say about reasons why. But whatever the cause, one thing is clear: men need to know that when we [...]
Growing Up Black in White
I just added a new book to my wish list. It is written by Kevin Hofmann and titled Growing Up Black in White. It is about one man’s experience as a biracial child that was adopted by a white family during a time of racial tension. In an interview, he basically says that it was a [...]
Love for Orphans Transforms
Catalystspace:
Unwanted infants in ancient Rome were often disposed of via the practice of “exposing.” Whether undesirable because it was malformed, female or simply inconvenient, the child would be left alone, outside the city walls, without defense before glaring sun, icy winds or roving animals.
In 374 AD, the Christian emperor Valentinian banned the practice. But for [...]
How Do I Talk to My Kids About Adoption?
Click here to watch a helpful video from CCEF on talking to your kids about their adoption.
HT: Together for Adoption
Rehearsing God’s Story for God’s Glory and the Good of Orphans
Together for Adoption:
To be in God’s family is to be part of a cosmic story that God is writing for our sakes, his glory, and the good of all creation. Ever since the fall, mankind has succumbed to the unrelenting temptation to write, control, and star in our own story (consider these verses). I know [...]
All of the Above
Adoptive Dads:
I was sitting at my computer on Saturday morning when I heard Grant, my eight year-old, yelling at his little brother – something about “why did you take that . . .” As I rounded the corner to see what was going on, Grant ran into me. I knelt down and asked what was [...]
