Journey to Surrender

My wife and I were amazed to discover how often we immediately and instinctively grab for our phones during every free minute, seeking out that latest Instragram photo, Facebook post, tweet or next game move.  So we made a decision to be much more deliberate about being “hands-free” in our marriage.  We’ve realized that instead of holding, gazing on and engaging with our phones during our time together, we can actually do the same with each other. We are now much more aware of how many opportunities we have missed to connect with each other.

If you have adopted children or are planning to adopt some day, I want to encourage you to attend Hope at  Home 2012, being held in Atlanta October 5-6.  This is a very different kind of adoption conference focused on equipping and refreshing parents in their calling to adopt or provide foster care.

Importantly, the conference includes encouragement for marriages as well, a somewhat unique emphasis among adoption conferences. We know that adopting and foster care can create some tremendous strain on marriages, and our belief is that a keeping your marriage strong is the best thing you can do for your children, adopted or not.  My wife and I, as well as Brad and Kate Aldrich from One Flesh Marriage will be speaking into marriages during the conference.

You can get more information on the many excellent breakout sessions here, and you can register or get more details about the conference here.

Please pass the information along to any adoptive families in your life!!