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Our Adoption Story Featured on Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace Site
While we were in Ethiopia this summer, we happened to cross paths with Dave Ramsey’s video producer, Jason Crossman. Turns out Jason was staying at the same guest house while he was doing some work in...
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2014 Adoption Video
I, Suzanne, am about to head out to Atlanta, GA tomorrow for my favorite adoptive mom’s retreat, Created for Care. I get to meet with some of my closest friends and meet new ones. I get to eat my food...
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Is God Angry With Us?
Because of an interview this past weekend, I was reflecting on my personal discovery of Isaiah, back in the spring of 2010. I remember with fondness a short season I had with all the kids in school...
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This is what 19 years looks like
Suzanne and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary a couple Sundays ago. How, you ask? It started with taking the family to church in the morning followed by lunch at home together (pictured...
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VIDEO: Our Lifesong Story
Adoption is an expensive undertaking, especially international adoption. Expenses often run upwards of $30,000. But Lifesong for Orphans is doing a fantastic job of easing the burden for adoptive...
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The Fight for the Fatherless
We recently watched the newest remake of the film Annie. You know the classic story: the plucky red-haired orphan finds herself a father in the wealthy industrialist, Daddy Warbucks. In return, Daddy...
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Pray, so we do not become Prey
Have you ever seen Mirror Mirror, the snow white movie with Julia Roberts? At the end, we are introduced to the previously unseen serpent who slithers through the woods terrorizing the passersby. He is...
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Farewell, Karyn Purvis
Suzanne and I just learned that Karyn Purvis from TCU Institute of Child Development died today. She devoted her life to helping college students, mental health professionals, and parents learn how to...
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It’s Erin!
Hello, everyone! My name is Erin Gowin and I am fifteen years old. As you probably know, Michael and Suzanne are my parents. I’m so excited to start this blog and communicate with y’all! Okay, so...
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Christmas on Patmos – Bob Lowery
Note: This post was written by Dr. Robert Lowery, former professor of New Testament at Lincoln Christian Seminary, and first published on his website, rlowery.com. Since Dr. Lowery’s death in 2006,...
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