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I am always amazed at God's perfect timing! When I was reading my issue of marriage partnership, I had to laugh at the timing of your article, "Unexpectedly Expecting." We are very similar to the couple in your article, Brenda and Chuck, who, after twelve years had a new son. We've enjoyed Marriage Partnership over several years and I am always amazed at God's timing in your articles and what is going on in our lives. Thanks for a wonderful magazine.

I find the article "Unexpectedly Expecting" to be out of line with your statement of purpose. The subtitle alone referring to the stork is an opposition to God, as well as the premise that children are an unplanned stress. There was no mention by the author or the couples that God is the author of creation, and the one in control of all. The belief in birth control leads to devaluing the miracle of life from our Lord. Please be more prayerfully considerate in the future.

Thanks for the article, "Are You Ready for Retirement?" [Winter 2000]. It's style is easy for those new to finances to understand. However, the author's statement that "with a bond, your principal is not at risk" is a little too simple. It's important for novice investors to know that, with bonds, while the investment is for a limited time, and the repayment amount is fixed, that repayment is not guaranteed. If the borrower goes bankrupt, the lender (that's you, if you bought the bond) may lose some or all of the investment. Bonds, then, are lower risk investments than stocks.

I believe it was irresponsible for you to publish the article, "The Stay-at-Home Dad" [Fall 2000]. Even though you stated in your article that stay-at-home dads are still a minority, the very inclusion of such an article will be seen by many as an attempt to prescribe this kind of an arrangement as increasingly normative. My biggest objection to the article was that it was full of pragmatism and lacking in any citation of biblical precedent for this kind of arrangement. I challenge you to write an article that gives the other side of the coin, along with the scriptural support of the traditional, biblical role model of the woman as primary caregiver and the man as primary provider. This is God's plan and has been for approximately 8,000 years.

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