{"id":2,"date":"2010-11-15T20:13:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T20:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/64.85.25.86\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2015-03-02T10:20:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:20:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/author\/pamdoorposts-net\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7103\" title=\"Pam Forster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pam.jpg\" alt=\"Pam Forster\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pam.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pam-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pam-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pam-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/author\/pamdoorposts-net\/\">Pam<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Pam is mother to six grown children, and has been married to her husband John for 34 years. John and Pam started homeschooling in 1988, and graduated the last of their six children in 2011. Pam has always loved studying the Bible and sharing that love with others.<\/p>\n<p>Long ago, while desperately trying to keep three crazy little boys in line, she discovered that the Bible had a wealth of answers to her child-training questions. Homemade posters she developed for use in the Forster home soon turned into a self-publishing adventure called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doorposts<\/a>, which has been going on ever since.\u00a0 When Pam isn\u2019t writing, she plays the piano for church, enjoys calligraphy, watercolor, and gardening, tries to keep up with all her adult children, and enjoys hugs and kisses from her seven delightful grandchildren.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/author\/danieldoorposts-com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7107\" title=\"Daniel Forster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/daniel.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Forster\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/daniel.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/daniel-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/daniel-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/daniel-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Daniel<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Daniel is husband to Katelyn and father of four growing little ones. The oldest of John &amp; Pam&#8217;s six children, Daniel graduated from homeschooling in 2002 and studied writing, graphic design, marketing, and Christian education while working at Doorposts. In 2005, he became manager of Doorposts and started writing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/details.aspx?id=93\" target=\"_blank\">book on preparing for marriage<\/a>. He married Katelyn in 2008, and they have since been blessed with four cute and crazy children. Daniel writes from \u201cin the trenches,\u201d and he\u2019s excited about raising his own children in the ways of the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal for this blog is to encourage and equip you for the work of Christ-centered, Bible-based Christian parenting.<\/p>\n<p>Our prayer is that you will discover and experience the power of God&#8217;s Word, according to 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and Hebrews 4:12:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, <strong>throughly furnished unto all good works<\/strong>.&#8221; (2 Timothy 3:16-17, KJV)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.&#8221; (Hebrews 4:12, ESV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/author\/katelyn-forster\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7105\" title=\"Katelyn Forster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/katelyn.jpg\" alt=\"Katelyn Forster\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/katelyn.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/katelyn-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/katelyn-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/katelyn-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Katelyn<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nDaniel and Katelyn met after discovering that their grandfathers had been close friends back in the 1940\u2019s. Katelyn lived in Arizona and in Israel before coming to Oregon, and she speaks fluent Hebrew. She\u2019s a busy Mama to four little ones, and she likes to bake, write, and cuddle up with her children and read books on the couch.\n\n\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/author\/bethany\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7104\" title=\"Bethany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bethany.jpg\" alt=\"Bethany\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bethany.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bethany-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bethany-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bethany-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Bethany<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nBethany is fascinated by words and has a typical love\/hate relationship trying to manage their kind into sentences, stories, and ideas. She works at Doorposts, tutors, studies, and writes and deletes words, and keeps in contact with quite a few friends spread across the globe. She loves God sincerely and imperfectly and is learning what it means to run carrying the name of Christ.\n\n\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/author\/riversong14gmail-com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7106\" title=\"Susannah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/susannah.jpg\" alt=\"Susannah\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/susannah.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/susannah-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/susannah-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/susannah-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Susannah\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nSusannah is the youngest Forster child, graduated from homeschooling in 2011 (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/19\/its-true\/\">recently married<\/a>!) She is crazy about Jesus and His beautiful world. She believes in the beauty of words, twirly dresses, and rainbows after rain. She loves emotion captured in a photograph and sugar in most any form. See her beautiful photography blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.susannahhope.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/family.aspx\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/images\/forster-family-2014.jpg\" alt=\"Forster family 2014\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Find our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/category.aspx?id=22\" target=\"_blank\">books<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/speaking\" target=\"_blank\">speaking info<\/a>, or learn more about our whole family at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/family.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">www.doorposts.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-left rtsocial-icon\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-icon \"> <div class=\"rtsocial-fb-icon-button\"><a title=\"Share: About Us\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-icon-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doorposts.com%2Fblog%2Fabout%2F\" target= \"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-icon\"> <div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-icon-button\"><a title=\"Tweet: About Us\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-icon-link\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=About%20Us&via=@doorposts&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doorposts.com%2Fblog%2Fabout%2F\" target= \"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-icon\"> <div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-icon-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-icon-link\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/about\/&media=https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=About Us\" target= \"_blank\" title=\"Pin: About Us\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/about\/\" title=\"About Us\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"2\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"f3e7a6bfe5\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\" \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pam Pam is mother to six grown children, and has been married to her husband John for 34 years. 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