Maybe my problem is that my propensity towards sin is a lot more powerful than I care to admit. Maybe adoption education isn’t enough. Maybe I’m just a really weak mom in need of a really strong Savior. Continue reading I Wasn’t Prepared for This: Anger After Adoption
It’s been just over 2 years. The call is coming any day. FINALLY. My ringer is set as loud as possible, but I still impulsively check my phone every five minutes. I can’t miss this call. Somehow I’ve missed all the other ones… the one telling us they’d found a placement, the one telling us … Continue reading The Call That’s Going to Change Everything
I love extravagant demonstrations of mission. My heart is always stirred by the testimonies of those who take radical steps of sacrifice for the glory of Christ. The millionaire who lives simply in order to give the majority of his income away, the family who adopts children with significant health challenges or special needs, the pastor … Continue reading Sometimes Radical Mission Takes the Boring Road
There is a group of people that I love to spend time with, but with whom I always feel a bit out of place. They are lovely people, so the discomfort has nothing to do with how I am treated. But you know that feeling you get when you encounter people who have experienced life … Continue reading Feeling Out of Place
Whatever we feel overwhelmed by—schedules, circumstances, relationships, or theological confusion—we have reason to take heart. God is seeking to show us more of Himself. Continue reading The Gift of Being Overwhelmed
It is paramount, in all matters of life, that Christians find their primary identity in Christ. If I identify as mother, before disciple of Jesus, I’ll be less faithful in my practice of both. If I identify as wife, before disciple of Jesus, I’ll be less faithful in my practice of both. If I identify … Continue reading Refugee Resettlement, National Security, and Christian Response
7 months ago we saw a picture of our daughter for the first time. Since that day, there have been periods when the wait has seemed tortuous, and there have been periods of relative relief. December was the hardest month yet. We were expecting to receive an update (including a picture), and never got one. … Continue reading Always Wondering, Sometimes Worrying, About our Daughter
God is not restrained by any administration. He has the power to change the hearts of rulers. He can bring peace to war torn places. He can bring comfort and hope to those who have suffered displacement, persecution, and loss. Continue reading 8 Ways to Support Refugees
We serve a God who is perfectly just. Because we are His image bearers, the more we grow into His likeness, the more we will value justice! Yet we will value it in a different way than the world. It won’t be about self-preservation, but about God-glorification and human-sanctification. This sort of justice is at … Continue reading Lovers of Jesus are Lovers of Justice
The eternal existence of God is difficult for our finite minds to comprehend. It also makes the humility and mystery of God the Son’s incarnation all the more profound. For an eternity He had experienced the fullness of power and strength. Yet He came to earth, and taking on humanity, experienced physical weakness and fatigue. … Continue reading The Humility of the Incarnation
