Right now, I’m in the process of writing a magazine article addressing the issue of racism based on another article I previously wrote, “Confessions of a former racist dad.” As I work through these issues and deal with my own sin, I am being helped and convicted by excerpts from John Piper’s new book Bloodlines. I’m also looking forward to reading the whole book and watching this documentary on racism
John Piper: Bloodlines Documentary Trailer from Crossway on Vimeo.
Watch this intro to a documentary by producer Jay Shapiro about Uganda’s little league baseball team. They were denied visas to participate in the 2011 Little League World Series. Many of the players lacked proper paperwork to obtain their visas. Anyone who has adopted from countries like Uganda knows how difficult it can be to acquire the proper documents that determine a child’s age and background.
As announced, on March 10, 2011, the Ethiopian Ministry of Women’s, Children’s and Youth Affairs reduced the processing of intercountry adoption cases from 50 per day to 5 per day.
The Ministry of Women’s, Children’s and Youth Affairs approves the matching of orphans with families before the cases are heard in the Ethiopian court.
There is still uncertainty as to how this will affect cases the Ministry of Women’s, Children’s and Youth Affairs has already approved and sent on to Ethiopian Court.
According to joint council US Embassy officials have a scheduled meeting with the Ministry of Women’s, Children’s and Youth Affairs for Monday, March 14, 2011.
In attempts to alleviate international scrutiny over alleged corruption in the system, Ethiopia has been adjusting its adoption procedures for some time now. Many believe this cut back is an unnecessary overreaction to only a few instances of corruption.
Please continue to pray for the 5 million orphans in Ethiopia!
During this years Summit VII which is being held in Louisville, KY on May 12-13. I have the privilege of leading a breakout session entitled “Pastoral Ministry and Cross Ethnic Adoption.” We will be discussing: How leading your local church to champion cross-ethnic adoption can lead to a greater understanding of kinship in Christ and a more aggressive approach to gospel unity in the church.
Because the act of adoption is a reflection of what God is doing for us in Christ, the gospel can be experienced in a myriad of practical ways within and through the lives adoptive families. When connected to the church’s mission is assisting these families in the rescue and care for orphans, there are a myriad of practical gospel benefits that can be experienced in the life of the body. The church is able to more deeply understand what it means to be a family that God is creating through adoption as the gospel echoes in 3D from the nursery to the student ministry wing to the worship center.
I hope you will join us on May 12-13. Register for Summit VII here.
