In lieu of flowers, the Chapmans request that all gifts be directed to Maria's Miracle Fund at Shaohannah’s Hope. You can donate here in memory of Maria Chapman. A blog has been set up where you can leave a message for the Chapmans. Here's a short video of Maria with her Daddy:

Maria Sue, the five-year-old adopted daughter of Steven and Mary Beth Chapman, died Wednesday after being struck in the driveway of their home.

Dr. Joel Beeke talks about the importance of the doctrine of adoption for the Christian. His new book, Heirs with Christ: The Puritans on Adoption, will be available on June 3rd.

Yesterday I had the opportunity of participating in the webinar that Carolina Hope's director Laura Beauvais-Godwin did for families who are considering transracial/transcultural adoption. It was a good experience for me, and I hope that those who participated gained a little insight into the world of parenting children who don’t look like us. Personally, I wish […]

Heirs with Christ: The Puritans on Adoption by Dr. Joel Beeke is a new book about the Christian theology of adoption. The book's forward is by Carolina Hope blogger Dan Cruver. (more...)

When we began adopting transracially, our families were very alarmed, and they didn’t hesitate to tell us. They were concerned about us being naive and unrealistic. About our ‘perfect’ one-boy-one-girl family being rocked so hard that it would be destroyed. They pointed out that with college expenses rising we couldn’t educate more than two -- […]

The following is an informal book review by Claudia-Jacqueline Semar, M.Ed. She has granted us permission to reprint it here. Ms. Semar is the Executive Director of International Child Foundation. She has worked in adoptions for more than 15 years, and as an adoptive mother, she has first-hand experience in the things she writes about. […]

There are many countries and adoption programs that are closed to our family due to our income, age, family size and ethnicity. It is probably good that they are closed, as I have been accused of a tendency toward ‘adoption addiction’ -- and it just makes it easier to find the specific paths that God […]

Part Six: The Trinity and Adam's Sonship (read the other parts here) We concluded Part Five by asking this question: In what sense was Adam a son of God? Have you ever considered why it is that God is three persons and not just one? (This question is relevant to our discussion of Adam's sonship. […]

Part 5: The Question (read the other parts here) As I have tried to demonstrate in parts 3 and 4 in this series, it really is not difficult to recognize the importance of adoption in Paul's thought. It clearly plays a central role in the outworking of the history of redemption. Adoption precedes human history […]