How This Local Farmer is Cultivating His North Coast Community – and the Next Generation

Max Sherman is a north coast farmer who continues to make an impact for good in his community. In college, he and his then-fiancee Lynda faced an unexpected pregnancy and chose life. They’ve now been married for 47 years and have three children and eight grandchildren.

The Life Letters: Rest But Don’t Quit

Even though culture screams at us to keep going at all costs and white-knuckle through life, I don’t think that is what God has called us to do. He offers us a better way. 

WATCH: Mama Bear Care Founder Talks Choosing Life for ‘Joyful’ Daughter After Prenatal Diagnosis

‘My joke is that Verity never got the memo that she is “incompatible with life,”’ Beverly Jacobson says at the beginning of a video posted to YouTube chronicling her family’s story. She describes her daughter as a nine-year-old girl who is joyful, smiles, giggles, and loves her family. 

The Life Letters: Still Waiting

The seasons of silence and waiting can be uncomfortable, but it does not change the fact that God is a loving father. He wants good things for his children, but He also knows and sees things that we do not.

The Life Letters: God Builds the Family

At the end of the day, the fact remains that no matter how they arrived, children are a blessing from the Lord—the rest is just details.

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