We had a great weekend celebrating the third anniversary of S and K’s adoption. It’ hard to imagine it has only been that long. We spent some time looking through photos of our first weeks together and giving God glory for His goodness to us. It is amazing to see how much they have grown!
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Category Archives: Adoption
Celebrating 3 Years
Adoption Interview
Be sure to check out Dan Cruver, Dr. Russell Moore, and Joel Beeke tommorrow as they talk about adoption on the Calling for Truth radio program.
Changes Urged in Transracial Adoption
This article came out yesterday and has caused lots of discussion. I hope to put some thoughts down before too long but would love to hear yours!
You can also listen to the discussion about the issue from Talk of the Nation yesterday on NPR - “Report Criticizes ‘Colorblind’ Adoptions.”
Adoption Summit IV. T4G. BofB.
I just signed up for the Adoption Summit IV. Looking forward to meeting many new adoption/orphan care friends in person.
Also looking forward to Together for the Gospel in a couple of weeks and the Band of Bloggers event.
Let me know if you will be at any of these. I’d love to connect!
Federal Adoption Tax Credit Increased
For 2008, the maximum adoption credit has increased to $11,650. Also, the maximum exclusion from income for benefits under your employer’s adoption assistance program has increased to $11,650. These amounts are phased out if your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) is between $174,730 and $214,730. You cannot claim the credit or exclusion if your MAGI [...]
Adoption Posts Worth Reading
Dan Cruver just started a great series on The Importance of Adoption within the Story of Redemption (Part 1)
Michael and Matt are doing a great job of keeping AdoptiveDads.org alive. Read Michael’s post The Safest Place on Earth (Part 1 and Part 2). And Matt’s posts on Adopting Sevyn Grace. Both are excellent!
Canadian Domestic Adoption
The Globe and Mail has a very interesting article on adoption in Canada and how Canadian couples desperate to adopt are going directly to the source, setting up websites to sell themselves to pregnant women.
The trend has striking similarities to Internet dating, with couples distilling their lives into a few paragraphs, citing their love [...]
Another Choice
I had a great meeting with Ruth Amerson of Another Choice for Black Children Adoption Agency this morning. For the past 13 years they have been recruiting adoptive homes for African-American children, most of which are between the ages of 4-17. To date they have placed over 1000 children proving that black families do adopt [...]
DMC (of Run-DMC) Adopted
I just learned today that Hip Hop legend, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, one third of the legendary group, Run-DMC was adopted and took home an Emmy award a documentary on VH1 about his search and reunion.
This was his response to winning:
Being nominated is one thing, but to win is crrrrraaazy!!! Like I said with the [...]
Joseph of Nazereth vs. Planned Parenthood
Russell Moore has a great post here.
An exerpt:
Joseph is perhaps a model for a new generation of Christians. In a
culture captivated by the spirit of Herod, could it be that God is
calling our churches to follow the example of Joseph? This might mean a
battalion of new church-sponsored crisis pregnancy centers, able and
equipped to [...]
