Oh Man: Patrick Atkinson

Oh Man: Patrick Atkinson

by Patrick Atkinson  | Submitted Photos Editors’ Note: When planning the articles for this adoption issue, Patrick Atkinson of The GOD’S CHILD Project immediately came to mind for the Oh Man feature. He agreed to share his adoption story with us. Here it is, in...
The African Clap & Cooper’s Law

The African Clap & Cooper’s Law

by Patrick Atkinson  | Submitted Photos Let’s go back. Way back. Back into time. Back after the time when the only people that existed were troglodytes, but long before Apple’s iPhone X Plus ruled our world. The drums beat, beat, beat, and the people knew, knew, knew....
Rooster Fights and Snake Pushy Pushies

Rooster Fights and Snake Pushy Pushies

By Patrick Atkinson I watched a rooster fight last night. No, not the cruelty-to-animals one where two drugged-up animals are thrown into a cage to battle it out. The one I saw was much more senseless. You see, the dirt road in front of my Central American home has a...

Bringing Home the Cat

by Patrick Atkinson  |  Submitted Photo Every day thousands of children and adults in the world hear the soft cry of a stranded kitten. When Matthew heard his, he lay his books to the side and crawled through bushes and mud to come to the rescue. Eventually he pulled...

The Walk

By Patrick Atkinson | Submitted Photo On the seventh day, when God finished creating the earth and decided it was time to rest, we mere mortals were left to our own devices. One result is that we created babies. After that we became parents. We fed our children and...