The Auldridges

I have now seen the Lifehouse ‘Everything’ - Skit being discussed online in a couple of different places. It is a production by a group of what I believe are real and well meaning Christians, but I think it misses the mark. I refrained from posting a reply in either of the places […]

When we first started our adoption process, we were told to expect an 18-24 month wait before completion. In the scheme of international adoptions, this was one of the longer programs. As of this month (Apr 07) it has now been 24 months and we have no referral and no end in sight.
Each […]

…a very merry Christmas. I didn’t post a Merry Christmas message yesterday because I wasn’t on the computer much. We had a great time as a family, first at our house in the morning with just Shari and the boys and me, then at my parents with them and my own gang along […]

You can now chat with me from this site!
If you’ll look to the right of the main page, at the top of the sidebar, you’ll notice a new icon/link with the funny little word ‘Meebo’. I discovered Meebo a few months ago and have been using it quite a bit lately. It is […]

Over the last two weekends, I have seen some people that I don’t often get to see. Two weekends ago we traveled down to Bristol, VA to see Jeph and Heidi–Shari’s brother and his wife–and their little boy Grant. They have done me the favor of documenting the details of the weekend ;), […]

Jeph and Heidi have written a very nice blog posting about God’s adoption and make some parallels to our current process of adopting a little girl from Panama. Go read it!
And as long as we’re on the subject, I’ll go ahead and write an update on our process. Shari got an email from […]

In a lecture at the Aula Magna of the University of Regensburg, Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus from a conversation in the 1300’s as saying,
Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command […]

I cannot, and we must not, ever forget the chill that ran through our cores and into our hearts on this day.

So, apparently when your 3 year old son pours gerbil food down the drain of the bathroom sink, you won’t have any problems–at first. Yes, it seems to just go right down the drain, so you don’t worry too much.
But then, over a few days, flow through the drain slows to a halt. Hmmm, you […]

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in book 5 chapter 5 of The Lord of the Rings:
Master Warden: “…the world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.”
Lady Eowyn: “It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two, Master Warden. And those who have not swords can still die upon them. […]