Dr. Russell Moore, Dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote an excellent article about how rude adoption questions taught him about the gospel. It was published in the May 2007 edition of Touchstone:The Brotherhood of Sons: What Some Rude Questions About Adoption Taught Me About the Gospel of Christ.
The Moores [...]

As the result of one of our first adoption interviews, I had the opportunity to meet (via e-mail) a missionary who serves in Ethiopia. It did not take much interaction for me to sense a kindred-spirit. Anthony Mathenia is passionate about the gospel and loves the people of Ethiopia deeply. He and his wife, Amber, [...]

As an educated, strong willed, successful American woman the words “I don’t know” have only recently started falling comfortably into my conversations. When I commit to do things I carefully count the costs and regularly have contingency plans — and because of the number of daily decisions it takes to run our family, there hasn’t [...]

Here’s what Scott Anderson, Desiring God’s Director of Events, had to say about my recent adoption sermon:
“I was instructed and challenged as I listened to Dan Cruver’s sermon, “God’s Story of Adoption.” Viewing redemptive history through the lens of theological Adoption, Cruver sets this often neglected doctrine directly in the sunlight–and its beauty and practical [...]

As part of our blog’s adoption interview series, I’m interviewing several theologians about the doctrine of spiritual adoption and its implications for earthly adoption. I believe that the practice of earthly adoption will be significantly enriched as we grow in our understanding of what it means to be adopted by God.
Our second interview with a [...]

Ken and Sue Hill have 6 children, ages 11, 9, 7, 7, 2, and 11 months old. Their first five children are biological. Their youngest was adopted from Ethiopia this past February. Those of you who have already adopted or are currently pursuing adoption know the financial challenges involved in adoption. It might encourage [...]

We just finished putting together a “wish list” of items we would like to supply to the group home in Ethiopia we’re working with. Most of these items are infrastructure-type things — not necessarily exciting, but they’ll be a big contribution to the work of the home for its orphans. Please go to the list [...]

After reading Dan’s post this morning I was looking forward to commenting on it until the topic switched from the hypothetical into my immediate life as my 8 year old adopted son came to me in the laundry room and handed me a note with three words on it “I’m running away.”

Our Ethiopia benefit yard sale on Saturday (November 17) went very well. More than $600 was raised through the sale directly, and an additional $550 was donated by two former Carolina Hope clients. The Law Offices of Raymond W. Godwin also made a very substantial donation.
Our gratitude goes out to everyone who helped make this [...]

Dr. Dave Garner is the Vice President for Alumni Relations & Educational Advancement at Westminster Theological Seminary. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the doctrine of adoption. It’s entitled “Adoption in Christ” (Westminster Theological Seminary, 2002). He graciously agreed to allow me to interview him about Scripture’s teaching on the theology of adoption [...]

There’s a new independent film out that compassionately deals with abortion and adoption: Bella, winner of the Toronto Film Festival People’s Choice Awards. I haven’t seen it, but I’ve read good things about it. Below is an excerpt from the movie review at Focus on the Family’s Plugged In Online. You can also find information [...]

It is not unusual for adopted children to struggle with a sense of past rejection, particularly if they do not know their birth mother’s story. As a result, some adopted children will wrestle, sometimes intensely, with the thought that they were rejected by their birth parents. This can potentially result in a haunting fear that [...]

Over at her blog, Practicing Theology, Connie Dugas writes about the stigma of being an orphan. She discusses the cultural prejudices often encountered by orphans and former orphans. You can read her helpful blog post here.

Family Life recently interviewed a number of individuals who have been involved in orphan care ministry in their local churches. You’ll find this video very challenging and inspiring. Let us be encouraged that Christ is doing a work among his people (among us!) to mobilize them to care for orphans.

(HT: Desiring God Blog)

Jason Kovacs is an adoptive father of a multi-ethnic family. He’s also one of the bloggers at AdoptiveDads.org.  We met in the blogosphere a few years ago. His love for the gospel and passion for adoption has been a great encouragement to me. I’m looking forward to actually meeting him this next week.
I’m also very [...]

If my last post left you feeling like transracial adoption would destroy any chance of privacy in your life - take heart! There is the other side of the attention our unique families receive – some times God uses it to bring out the best in the people we meet. We’ve received countless words of encouragement, of [...]

One of our great desires at Carolina Hope is to help Christians increasingly think about orphan ministry and adoption from a theological perspective. Carolina Hope has commissioned me to explore and articulate the beautiful gospel-connection between uppercase Adoption (i.e. God’s gracious adoption of us) and lowercase adoption (i.e. our adoption of a child) so that [...]

“And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’” (Galatians 4:6)
The first person who ever called me “Daddy” was my daughter, Hannah. I can still remember what it felt like as a new father to hear that word come from her young little lips. She’s [...]

A few days ago I mentioned the sermon Dan Cruver preached entitled “God’s Story of Adoption”. I just got the chance to listen all the way through, and I want to highlight a few of Dan’s key points.
In the sermon, Dan explains why it is that theological adoption is such an important concept in the [...]

Event:
A Rumage/Garage/Yard Sale to benefit Ethiopian orphans. All money from the garage sale will go toward a fund to help children in orphanages or in foster care in Ethiopia.
Day:
Saturday, November 17
8 am - 2 pm
Place:
Carolina Hope
1527 Wade Hampton Blvd.
Greenville, SC 29609
(See it on a map)
What you can do:
Donate your stuff! You can bring (salable) items [...]