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Twelve Prayers for Biblical Manhood
1. FaithfulTitus 2:9a: “He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught.” Father, we pray for our men, our brothers in Christ, to be faithful to their families. We pray that you would help them to...
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Love Makes Room:The Baxter's China Adoption Adventure
"Leave Room in your heart for the unimaginable." -Mary OliverI would like to tell you a story about how God grew our hearts for the unimaginable. Before Dave and I were...
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What will we tell our Grandchildren?
Friends, hopefully in less than 30 years abortion will be illegal in the United States and the truth of this industry will be in our Grandchildren's history books. It will be written down as the...
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Love makes room update!
First off we want to say a BIG THANK YOU for all those who have supported us as we move forward in our adoption. We have been blown away by the love, generosity, and encouragement we have received. God...
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Made to Create a crafting and junking event
One of my dear and incredibly talented friends Mary Jo and I have been dreaming about hosting this weekend for years and we are so excited to finally be making our dream a reality. We are combining...
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31 for 21 Challenge :Days 1-7
During the month of October I try and participate in the 31 for 21 challenge. It is a 31 day challenge to use social media to raise awareness about Down Syndrome through simply writing about it. This...
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Capturing God's Glory on Instagram.
Many of us want our time online to shine the light of Christ, we want our space to leave people knowing more of God, but how do we do this? How do we capture a glimpse of God's glory to share with...
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Christmas Shopping for a Cause!!
We have 7 ways you can Christmas shop and help bring our son home at the same time! Please check out these amazing companies and shops below!1. SHOP AMAZON!! We know half of you buy all our your...
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Stewarding My Field
Today is my Jesus birthday, 17 years ago I wept on the floor of a hotel room looking out over Downtown Atlanta and asked God to change me in a way only he could. I was so tired of trying to change...
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Best of Blogging Basket: Adoption Fundraiser and Giveaway
Our friends, family and even strangers have been amazing the last six months of fundraising to help take steps to bring our boy home! I feel like we are on the home stretch with only $12,000 left to...
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Why adoption?
While I am hosting this #bestofbloggingbasket fundraiser I thought I would bring you more into the heart of why we are adopting a little boy from China with Down Syndrome. I will answer the questions,...
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Why China?
Domestic? International? Infant? Older child? Special needs? Foster to adopt? Embryo adoption?China? Easter Europe? Africa? Through our journey toward adoption we have discovered there is no "right...
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What if Trump is winning for our good?
What if Trump is winning for our good? Don't misinterpret this question. I am not a Trump fan or a Clinton fan either. I have been like many of you in this election process struggling with anger, fear...
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Where did you become pro-life?
My decision to be pro-life started not in the voting booth or behind a church pew or even in the genetic counselors office when they told us something was wrong with our son. It happened around my...
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They thanked God for the fleas.
We had been waiting nine months for paperwork to be finished so we could finally match with the child we fell in love with so many months ago. His paperwork has been in limbo since we first requested...
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Reconciled.
Reconciled. Jesus hung on the cross for the men plotting his death at the temple. He died for the crowds yelling "Crucify him!" He suffered for the Roman soldiers driving nails into his hands. He died...
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Are the Muslims our Ninevites?
Do you remember that flannel-graph Jesus from Sunday school? Well, that’s at least what I grew up with. I learned about various Bible heroes through their 2-dimensional paper cut outs that...
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Introducing Benjamin David Baxter!
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”-Jesus An idea was impressed on me as a child, family was more than blood, family was as big as your heart could grow to make room for others....
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Party on the Porch! Beauty +Dignity
A little over a month ago I visited the Fashion and Compassion boutique, office and studio where I had the incredible privilege of having lunch and talking about the word of God with some of the brave...
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Repent for Orlando
“Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil one could almost believe one's own secret sin didn't matter.”-Corrie Ten-BoomIn recent years when I have heard...
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A Baby Shower for Ben's Friends!
Our son is an orphan for only 18 more days but his friends at Morning Star and Jiao Zuo City Childrens Welfare Institute remain in the care of the PR of China. He will come home to his sailing themed...
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The Faithful Ordinary.
#prayfordallas #altonsterling #prayfororlando #prayforiraq #prayforbangledesh #prayforsanbernadino #prayforpakistan #prayforbrussles #prayforparis #prayforcharleston #trayvonmartin #walterscott...
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My dirty little secret.
So I have a dirty little secret...my minivan is disgusting. I know what you are thinking, "my car is dirty too, who's isn't with kids?" I have heard you all apologize for your car with a picture book a...
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Back to school, lets pray.
The symptoms are foggy brain, breaking into a sweats, random crying spells and feeling like you got hit by a school bus. It can only mean one thing it's back to school time. Between supply shopping,...
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The Other Side (Our Compassion Experience.)
Slum : a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people. synonyms:hovel, rathole, ghetto, shantytown, skid rowI was a naive twenty year old walking down a lower middle...
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