Even though I don?t want it, and even though I may fight it emotionally and deep down and with my friends, I will walk through intentional acts of letting go with my kids.

God really does use all things for good. He even used the tragedy of an abortion to stir up a family to extend His grace to a broken, desperate girl.

So the New York Times runs a piece about gender-free toys. Ho-hum. Until you realize what?s behind the effort.

My 5 year old son cried last week in bed because he was lonely. And I cried with him because I knew exactly what he was feeling...

Jackie met someone at work and claimed to be in love. "I thought a lot about it and even prayed. I'm moving in with Tom," she insisted. The Smiths are heartbroken. What happened?

Laying in the tent during another in our long line of horrible weather Boundary Waters canoe trips, I was angry...

More and more people seem to keep asking me about our story of fostering. I remember being on the other side, wondering how tough it would be to get certified, or what it would be like to welcome a stranger into our home.

Kids today certainly know they?re here because their parents chose not to abort them. This reality doesn't give all kids a warm, cozy feeling...

Adoption was never plan B for God. It wasn't an alternative solution. It was plan A.

It?s a subtle change when a wife goes from enfolding her man in a warm hug the very instant he walks in the door to instead hiding in the bathroom trying to quickly give her hair a brushing and apply some lipstick.