What the Judge Declared
Every November, courtrooms across America host National Adoption Day. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, families line up in their Sunday best while children clutch stuffed animals...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Mark 1:9-15.
Every November, courtrooms across America host National Adoption Day. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, families line up in their Sunday best while children clutch stuffed animals and shift nervously in oversized chairs. One by one, a judge looks each child in the eye and speaks the words that rewrite their story: "You are now and forever a part of this family."…
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