Bill Blacquiere hosts Mac Powell, a founding member of the Christian rock band Third Day, for a conversation on life as an adoptive father and the challenges of being away from his kids when touring.
We've heard it said, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.” Unfortunately, it's often what we don’t know (and may never know) that's hurting our children, and therefore hurting us.
It is often difficult, sometimes seemingly impossible, to see beyond our children’s behaviors. And yet that is exactly what children—particularly those from "hard places"—need for us to do.
Much like our own journey of spiritual healing and maturity, the healing we desire for our children will be a process. And it must be anchored by real, life-changing hope.
For Lisa Qualls, the summers of today don't resemble the summers of her childhood. But they are equally special, and they are equally filled with joy, laughter, and memory-making.
Post-adoption care is crucial throughout your adoption journey and can be accessed in many ways. The earlier you reach out for support, education and other services, the more prepared you'll be for future challenges.
Rightly understood, the adoption journey invites us to move beyond what we want and embrace what our children need. To travel it well, we must shift our focus from satisfying our own expectations to discovering all that God has in store.
The daily demands of parenting, coupled with the temptation to believe that we have to be perfect, often leaves us defeated, weary, and running on empty. In these moments, we must remember that God will give us strength by His grace.
Even in the noise and in the flashes of neon vying for your attention, you can find focus. And in the unpredictability of life with an autistic child, you can become still.
