by Paula and Stephen Ramey     As the adoptive parents of two children with very different ethnicities and backgrounds, our adoption experiences are varied to say the least.  As a couple, we had struggled previously with infertility for about five years, and desperately wanted a child. We heard...

Christmas was shaping up to be one of the best of our marriage. In November that year we found out from our attorney we had been picked to be adoptive parents for an infant to be born the next January.  After 12 years of marriage, and trying to conceive a child for nine years, our dream to parent was...

In a little more than three months I have a very significant birthday. The big 4-0 is on the way and it has generated some of those big life assessing conversations that everyone probably ought to have with themselves from time to time. I am a big proponent of birthdays. And especially having had...

The Old Testament book of Ruth tells the story of Naomi, a woman who blamed God for the disappointments in her life. A severe famine in Judah forced Naomi, her husband and her two sons to leave Bethlehem, their home. Traveling down that dusty road to a foreign land, Naomi bid farewell to her community...

Especially given some of the negative and naive perceptions I once had about missions and missionaries, it seems kind of ironic that I’ve grown into quite a mission buff. Growing up, I didn’t know any missionaries, but always imagined them to be people who were just a little bit “different.” From...