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“America’s Mothers Are in Crisis” blared a February New York Times headline for an article arguing that mothers are “breaking” nationwide. Expected to do it all work, homeschool, keep house, care for their families many women left the workforce or hit a mental breaking point during 2020. But within the chaos, many Christian mothers are figuring out how to lean on their faith in new ways. Some moms are praying in new ways for and with their children or discovering spiritual formation habits inspired by staying at home during the pandemic. We asked ten mothers about what pandemic-inspired family discipleship habits they were hoping to cultivate or leave behind in the coming months and years. ....
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After getting married at 19, Jami Kaeb assumed she and her husband Clint would consider adoption only if they struggled with infertility. But after their first biological child was born, God began to change Jami’s perspective on caring for vulnerable children. Jami and Clint are now the parents of seven children five through adoption and Jami is the founder and executive director of The Forgotten Initiative, which supports the foster care community through awareness, encouragement, and advocacy. Tune in to this week’s episode of Adopting Hope for a story of God’s faithfulness to bring about beauty when his people say “yes” to each next step he places before them. ....
A personal and intimate act, adoption demands immense intentionality and effort. But does that mean it has to be an isolated, lonely experience? Should the goal be a smooth adoption process that results in a shiny, happy family? Sasha and Mike Parker’s stories of adopting five children growing their family from six members to 11 answer those questions with a nuanced yet emphatic no. “The story that the Lord has written for us there’s some painful pieces to it,” says Sasha. “But I think that we’ve experienced adoption on a level that we would have never really experienced if we were just the parents who had it all together with their formulas. No. We are broken together and honestly I feel like we’re better, broken together.” ....