Our sons played soccer in junior high and high school. While neither was a star forward, we encouraged them to play this sport because it provided an outlet for their energy, making sure that they were able to run up and down the field. One of them opted out of soccer...
We don’t see ourselves as time passes, and we don’t realize how much we have changed. Thirty years ago, my wife and I walked down the aisle of the church to exchange our wedding vows. We could not have anticipated what would happen in the following years. Adopting our...
It didn’t take very long for our sons to take to water. They had been in an orphanage near a shore where the director took all the children for a week each summer. And they learned to swim very quickly when they started lessons while going to the swimming pool in...
It happened again. The washing machine created a cacophony in the laundry room because it was lurching as it spun the clothes after the wash cycle. This could only mean that it was overloaded. That meant that I had to stop what I was doing and adjust the clothes in...
I recently visited Africa. The major city’s temperature average was 85 degrees F (28 C), with near 100% relative humidity. I had a constant battle with the heat, and struggled to drink enough to stay hydrated. In spite of this, I found myself suffering heat exhaustion...
Winds whistled around the house and gusts whipped our trees surrounding it. These gusty 40-50 miles per hour winds have become common where we live and frequently cause damage to large trees in our yard, with medium- and small-sized branches being blown off the trees....
Spring is the time for birds to return. Not only does their flight gather our fancy, but the realization of how many different kinds there are. Since they cannot hibernate, they must seek warmer climates during the winter. But spring brings the promise of new life...
From the outset, our intention was to use adoption as a means of growing a family. But what did that mean? A set of meaningful relationships, or a set of traditions, or just having children to prove that we were normal parents? There is some similar confusion about...
Marcellus George and his loving wife are the adoptive parents of (now adult) twin sons. He is the author of numerous articles and devotions, has a Ph.D. in theology... Read More