If the trend is to bring couples back to this reality – to remove the barriers they or others put there about the blessings of children – and love another child, then I say great. Let the trend live on!
Jan
04
2012
Thinking Ahead to What Life Will Be Like
Do you ever think about what life will be like when you’re in your 70s or 80s? I’m reminded every once in a while, and it helps me keep the right perspective on life. It’s easy to lose sight when there are dishes to wash, bills to pay, and diapers to change.
Dec
31
2011
The Biological Countdown
I can’t shout it louder from the mountain top how great it is to have children, even 16 children. Yes, I really believe that.
Dec
27
2011
How Jesus Viewed Children
Before we get on a high horse and condemn Christians for thinking like the disciples, let’s get down to earth. We all tend to resemble the disciples at times. Doesn’t every parent? We get short with the children, testy, annoyed. That’s not how Jesus viewed children.
Dec
23
2011
Children: Own or Lease?
Regardless of how parents feel about their parental freedom, current law and practice in the US (and many developed countries) reveals that the government saves ultimate authority over the child for itself. There is a third option, however, and one that transcends either of these choices.
Dec
21
2011
Did We Plan This Many Children?
One of the most popular questions people ask us is, “Did you set out to have so many children?” Good heavens, no. Who sets out to have 16 children? While we believe our perspective of children was positive, we were just like anyone else. “Children are great,” we would have probably said, “and we look…
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Aug
25
2011
Which Would I Choose to Be Without?
As time went on we embarked on two journeys. I call them our spiritual and our personal journeys. One led us to discover a faith we never even thought about before. The other made us question the things we had been led to believe by society over the years.
Jan
21
2011
Creativity in Children
We believe creativity is “an image-of-God trait.” We mean creativity is what makes us different from the animal kingdom. We try to encourage creativity in our children in these ways.
