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Well, At Least I Wasn’t Adopted
Diane E. Schroeder, President, National Lutherans For Life This column is dedicated to the birth parents of my children and all the millions more who sacrificed to give life and love to their children through adoption. "Well, at least I’m not adopted." The hurtful...
Well, At Least I Wasn’t Adopted
Diane E. Schroeder, President, National Lutherans For Life This column is dedicated to the birth parents of my children and all the millions more who sacrificed to give life and love to their children through adoption. "Well, at least I’m not adopted." The hurtful...
A Trimester of Prayer // Pro-Life Prayer Suggestions
You can make a meaningful difference by including these thoughts in your daily devotion and prayer time. Week 1 - This week, pray for the unborn and their mothers. With the dawning of this day, thousands of women in America just became aware of the presence of a new...
As God Wills: Understanding God’s Plan for Childless Couples
Mrs. Mary Schmal, Author, Christ-Light Curriculum Somewhere a young man longs to play for a professional football team. Another just hopes to see a live NFL game. Somewhere a young woman longs to be a star in the theaters of New York. Another just hopes to see a live...
Lord, Why Have You Been So Good to Us? – The Gift of Adoption
FATHER: Two questions point to my major feelings about the adoption. Before the adoption, the big question was, 'Will I love an adopted child as I love my primary school age child?' After the adoption the big question has been, 'Lord, why have You been so good to us?'...
I’m Your Child
The following was written by Justin, a ten-year-old born in 1986 in Korea, who was adopted by Roger and Lynne Tews of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, when he was seven-months-old. To My Birth Mom and Dad, I hope you remember me. I'm your child. The reason I'm writing is because...
Adopted from China
Krista Preston The government of China wanted my baby dead. Was it because she was second born or because she was a girl? Because a political directive in China allows only one child per family, she could have been aborted or received a saline injection into her skull...
Well, At Least I Wasn’t Adopted
Diane E. Schroeder, President, National Lutherans For Life This column is dedicated to the birth parents of my children and all the millions more who sacrificed to give life and love to their children through adoption. "Well, at least I’m not adopted." The hurtful...
Q&A on Pregnancy Options
QUESTION: A friend of mine faced an unwanted pregnancy but didn’t want to abort her baby. She didn’t know all of her options, and I'm not sure she made the right decision. Does CLR help with available options for these kinds of situations? ANSWER: Yes, we do. CLR...
God Sets the Lonely in Families – A Look at Spiritual Adoption
Adopt: to take by choice into a relationship; especially: to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) as one's own child (The Merriam-Webster Dictionary) The thought of voluntarily taking the child of other parents as their own can be pretty profound. In fact, it's...
An Adopted Child’s Perspective
Rev. Paul Prange, Michigan Lutheran Seminary President I was born to a single mother at an age when she was either a senior in high school or a freshman in college. She placed me with a Christian adoption agency, which then placed me six weeks later into the home of a...
Q&A on Adoption Options
QUESTION: My 16-year old niece announced recently that she is pregnant. Her boyfriend and parents are unwilling to step in to help. She has come to me for advice. I don’t want to encourage her to abort the baby, but I just don’t see any alternatives. ANSWER: You are...
Children Need You – A Look at Caring for Youngsters in Less Fortunate Circumstances
Rev. Robert Fleischmann, National Director, Christian Life Resources Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world (James 1:27). It pleases...
The Discovery – A Look at Unexpected Pregnancy and Adoption
Rev. Robert Fleischmann, National Director, Christian Life Resources The discovery of Ashley’s pregnancy came more as a disappointment than a shock. Despite all of the warnings to the contrary, Ashley’s relationship with her boyfriend became increasingly intimate so...
Blood Is Thicker Than Water – A Look at Arguments Against Adoption
Mr. Tim Snyder No doubt you have heard this old saying before – and maybe you’ve even used it yourself. It’s a way of conveying that the ties that bind us to blood relatives are stronger and more compelling than the ties that connect us to others. If that’s true, then...
A Model Family – Lessons Learned about an Adoptees Reunion with Her Birth Parents
Larissa Fasthorse I was brought to my parents’ home when I was 11 months old. My birth father delivered me to the house, and my birth mother was already long gone. After he left, my parents say they sat and stared at me. They were desperate to hold and love the child...
Adopted by My Parents… and God
Rev. Paul Prange Before a couple adopts a child, they may wonder how to tell the child that he or she is adopted. Do you wait until you think the child can understand the concept? What words do you use to explain it to a young person? The Adoption Connection in...
CLR’s Official Positions and Thoughts to Ponder on Life and Family Issues
Abortion Human life exists already at conception. It is a gift from God. He also reserves for himself the authority to take human life. Aborting an unborn child for any reason, other than to preserve a human life, is a practice condemned by the Word of God and...
