In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people are in quarantine and adjusting to new rhythms and routines. Personally, it’s taken a lot of trial and error to figure out how to successfully work from home, communicate well with my husband, and alleviate feelings of going stir crazy. For those who are currently …
Continue...How can friends minister to a family wrestling with infertility? Josh Wester shares some of his thoughts and wisdom.
Continue...Infertility is one of the hardest things a couple can walk through, and it’s often experienced alone. It’s often misunderstood and others are fearful to address the subject. So, at our National Conference, Elizabeth Graham, Matt Arbo, Lauren McAfee, Nicole Lino, and Chelsea Sobolik used their personal and professional experience to encourage those walking through …
Continue...On this episode of Countermoves, Andrew Walker talks with professor Matt Arbo about the topic of infertility. Matt Arbo serves as the Jewell and Joe L. Huitt Assistant Professor of Theological Studies and the Director of the Center for Faith and Public Life at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla. He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy …
Continue...I walked in the door to a foyer teeming with children. My husband and I entered the sanctuary and sat down in the back, where I began counting the number of pregnant women in the pews around us. We had just moved to a new town and were trying out a church. My husband had …
Continue...Soon after recovering physically from my first miscarriage, my husband and I returned to church to worship alongside our brothers and sisters in Christ. That Sunday was not easy. Returning to “normal life” after tragedy strikes never is. There is simply no escaping the feeling—whether justified or not—that those around you are oblivious to the …
Continue...“If I could be anything in the world, I would be a mother.” -Abigail Waldron, third grade David Platt, whose family struggled with infertility, has said, “There is a unique pain that comes from preparing a place in your heart for a child that never comes.” Infertility is a topic that people discuss very little, …
Continue...Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table (Ps. 128:3). Recently, our young church has been filled with days of rejoicing for many mothers—Mother’s Day, hospital visits to a groundswell of precious newborns, child dedications, gender reveal parties. These are days of …
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