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How Having a Baby Changed My Faith

With all the classes, books, products and plans that preoccupy expecting parents, one very important aspect of this life-changing experience usually slipped under the radar as I was preparing to become a parent: how will having a child affect my faith?The short answer is, a lot. Of all the surprising parts of parenthood I tried to anticipate, my spiritual walk was not one of them. If I could go back and redo things, I would spend more time thinking and praying through some common spiritual chang