November 9, 2005 11:12 AM
God's greatest gift: Children
In an amazing step-by-step story of how God changed her heart about children, a senior associate editor at Christianity Today - writes first of her love affair with the Pill and then of the seed of discontent God planted - without her knowing - because of a job assignment:
Early in my job as an editor at CT, I worked on a piece by a just-married couple, Sam and Bethany Torode, which they later developed into a provocative little book titled Open Embrace: A Protestant Couple Rethinks Contraception. It was a personal narrative about how they—somewhat irresponsibly, I thought—had had unprotected sex since their wedding. They were so cute, so Bible times!
This is a must-read! I have always believed that only obedient Catholics and Quiver-Full families are truly pro-life. Protestants who practice birth control and oppose abortion deserve the name given them by the media - anti-abortion. This article chronicles the journey of a woman who would have argued tooth and nail against that position, but has now come to believe it herself.
Read A Hard Pill to Swallow: How the tiny tablet upset my soul by Agnieszka Tennant.
And the articles that caused her to search her soul and change her mind:
Make Love and Babies by Sam and Bethany Torode.
Unwanted Interruptions: Why is our culture so hostile to children-inside and outside the womb? An interview with theological ethicist Amy Laura Hall.
Posted in Babies, Big families, Family, Pro-Life Issues | Permalink
Comments
Great links! Thanks!
Posted by: molly | November 10, 2005 4:31 AM
thank you, thank you for finding and posting this stuff on your site. it has been so edifying to me and helpful in sharing with others about the subject of surrendering our fertility to the Lord.
blessings, erica
Posted by: erica | November 11, 2005 1:38 AM
