World Magazine's January 28, 2012 issue highlighted several pro-life and adoption related articles. Of particular interest was an article about a family with a last name that sounds like they invented Twitter: the Twietmeyers. As I read the …
Tim Keller, Tomatoes, and Adoption
Tim Keller’s, Ministries of Mercy, was first published in 1989. I turned 8 years old in 1989. My grandfather, the Rev. James Perry, recently passed on a copy of Mercy to me – tucked in a box with some old books. I love it when my grandfather gives …
Pursuing Domestic Transracial Adoption, Part I
About sixty years ago, adopting domestically (that is, from within the United States) became more commonplace, but at the time, adoptive parents took great pains to conceal the fact that their children had been adopted. They did not tell the child, …
Unpacking the “Statement of First Orphan Care Principles” – Part 1
In a recent blog post, The Adoption Law Firm published its Statement of First Orphan Care Principles. The first of those principles is that "Orphan care is good because it is good (i.e., self-evidently good)." What do we mean that orphan care is …
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Why Does Adoption Have to Be So Expensive?
Have you ever asked yourself this question? Have you ever looked at a family like the Portis' of Montgomery, Alabama and thought, "Wow, it's so great that they are adding to their family through adoption! It's too bad adoption is so expensive. It …
What is Adoption?
What is Adoption? Black’s Law Dictionary defines adoption as “[t]he creation of a parent-child relationship by judicial order between two parties who usu[ally] are unrelated.” This may seem obvious to you, Reader. However, what does the rest …
Alabama Adoption Agency: Catholic Social Services of Montgomery
Catholic Social Services “Your Link For Life” Catholic Social Services has been a stable resource for birth parents in Alabama since 1952 and has placed thousands of babies for adoption. Catholic Social Services is a licensed child-placing agency, …
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When is the Right Time for Adoption: Eclectic Empty Nesters Adopt Two Children from Ukraine
When is it a good time to "visit the orphan ... in their affliction"? When is it a good time to take up your cross and follow Christ? For the Osgoods of Eclectic, Alabama, the right time to adopt two children from Ukraine came after their 21 year …
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Sanctity of Human Life Sunday – Orphan Care is Warfare
Sav-a-Life's January 2012 Newsletter highlights the decades old Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, this Sunday, January 22. This is a "day to observe the intrinsic value of all human life." But, does Sav-a-Life really mean "all human life?" Is all …
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