Yesterday, Sandra posted a blog entitled Adopting for a cause? Bad idea ..., in which she posted a link to this article. Sandra found the article (which discusses a book that encourages Christians to care for the orphans) to be disturbing, which you can read about on her blog. My take was a little bit different, so I thought I would write about it.

Sandra and I agree on the big picture -- that the only good reason to adopt a child is because you really want to parent a child. I have said this numerous times on my blog. I agree with her that a person should not adopt a child solely because someone tells him that it is the Christian thing to do. So, I am not disagreeing with her on this point.

That being said, I do think there is validity to the point that this author is trying to make about the responsibilities that Christians have to take care of the orphans.