1:17 1:17 is a ministry of The Fellowship, seeking to help provide justice for the fatherless.

10/01/2019

We are still around. Times have changed, but our heart is to still aid and fund adoptions. If you haven’t registered for Run4theChildren yet, join us!

http://www.Run4theChildren.org

01/27/2014

It is critical that parents do not hesitate to talk to their children about racial experiences.

A lot of talk about orphanages and adoption going around these days. This post echoes my current feelings and I'm glad t...
01/08/2014

A lot of talk about orphanages and adoption going around these days. This post echoes my current feelings and I'm glad to be working with Chances for Children, a both/and organization.

November is National Adoption Month in which we remember the over 101,000 children waiting in foster care and hoping for placement with families. I am happy to share this space today with my friend Amy Brownell. Amy is a fellow adoptive mama who ...

Good good good.
04/29/2013

Good good good.

On Adoption: The other night, my Aden missed her birthmom. Aden and Ian share a birthmom, so it was a natural conversation for the three of us to have together, and soon Ian was snuggled up, all ears. There I sat, on the ground in the hallway next to the piles and piles of dirty laundry, with two…

Definitely some of what I'm feeling lately.
04/23/2013

Definitely some of what I'm feeling lately.

The story, the journey, the heartache, the joy, the frustrations, the celebrations, the emotions and my life as a mom adopting from Haiti.

Such a great post.
04/22/2013

Such a great post.

Really, really, REALLY well written, TM. I wanna be your follower all over again.This definitely needs to be published. You touch on some very thought provoking things and true, we might not all agree on every point, you are so wise and so well spoken. Adopting a child is so much more than signing p...

04/10/2013

This page links our free 6 page coloring booklet about Christian adoption and orphan care. These pictures could be used to teach children at church or at home to understand the blessing of adoption...

03/17/2013

Great ideas for building a culture of adoption at your church.

At its annual meeting in June, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution "On Adoption and Orphan Care" that urged Southern Baptists to "join the Father in seeking mercy for orphans," "pray for guidance" regarding adoption, and teach on adoption in their churches.

So great.
03/11/2013

So great.

Last night as I rocked our baby girl to sleep, the reality of our future with her hit me. The fact that she may not live with us forever has always been true, but as I looked around her room last night - her crib, her dresser, her folded pile of pj's and blankets on the nightstand...

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