Earl D Robinson

I read somewhere that many self-published books don't sell many in fact they often don't get to 250. Well, this week I'm glad to say that I reached that plateau and have even surpassed it by one. Hopefully our story of adoption and the family of God continues to encourage and inform all who choose to read it.

Hi all,
I don't normally put up stats, but I noticed that another book sold so I looked at the stats to see right now Our Road to Adoption is in the top 186,000s which might sound like much, but there are millions of titles available.

I'm always excited when I know that our story has gone out to others who are interested, I stand by the saying that I want the book to helpful and hopeful to all who read it.

Also if you have read it, could you leave a review as they are so helpful too for other readers looking for titles.

Best Sellers Rank: 186,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
537 in Adoption (Books)
703 in Religious Biographies
953 in Social Welfare & Services
Customer reviews: 4.6 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

If you'd like to get a copy too, you can at

Our Road to Adoption: The Story of our Family and the Great Family of God Our path to adoption was a long and winding one. It was full of excitement, amazing news and quick moving decisions. It was also fraught with difficulty, waiting and at times sadness. We were never alone in the quest, our families, churches and friends were there in full support from the beginnin...

Here's another of the blog posts from the Path Through the Psalms, this one has a video from a friend of mine, Jonny Munby. PAthhttps://apaththroughthepsalms.blogspot.com/

A Path Through the Psalms I've been walking the path of the Psalms for many months now. I'd love to share these interactive Bible studies with you. As you come back to this blog you'll find new chapters added. Some of the weeks will feature guest speakers bringing their thoughts and insight into the chapters of the Psalms. E...

Another in the Path Through the Psalms is up on the blog. If you enjoy these please point others to the blog as more will be added. Usually 2 per week, equally if you'd like to get it to your inbox pm me and I'll add you to the distribution list.

A Path Through the Psalms I've been walking the path of the Psalms for many months now. I'd love to share these interactive Bible studies with you. As you come back to this blog you'll find new chapters added. Some of the weeks will feature guest speakers bringing their thoughts and insight into the chapters of the Psalms. E...

The fourth of five from the Notes of Noel advent series is up on my blog. This week it's the wonderful song 'Let there be Peace' which holds a very important message for us all. It's not just for Christmas but for everyday. You can check it out at
https://apaththroughthepsalms.blogspot.com/

The next Notes of Noel is up, this week its a long view and listen to Joy to the World as done by For King and Country. If you'd like to read my thoughts on this 'Christmas song' simply click on the link and it'll will take you to the blog.

A Path Through the Psalms I've been walking the path of the Psalms for many months now. I'd love to share these interactive Bible studies with you. As you come back to this blog you'll find new chapters added. Some of the weeks will feature guest speakers bringing their thoughts and insight into the chapters of the Psalms. E...

I've put another of the Path Through the Psalms on my blog, this one is chapter 7 and it's titled Refuge and a Judge, if you'd like to check it out you can right here:

A Path Through the Psalms I've been walking the path of the Psalms for many months now. I'd love to share these interactive Bible studies with you. As you come back to this blog you'll find new chapters added. Some of the weeks will feature guest speakers bringing their thoughts and insight into the chapters of the Psalms. E...

I recently had a message from a lady who heard about my writing through a friend. She has bought her husband a copy of 'our road to adoption' what a great idea, giving the gift of a true story this Christmas. You can, 'our road to adoption' is available @ and it's only a tenner.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1717065384

This past Sunday was the second week of Advent, and I've written a piece focused on love. It's taking a Christmas song, this time the beautiful 'Breath of Heaven' which happens to be my daughter Amy's favourite this season and looking at how it's a song of love. You can read my thoughts, the lyrics and listen to the song here on Notes of Noel.

A Path Through the Psalms I've been walking the path of the Psalms for many months now. I'd love to share these interactive Bible studies with you. As you come back to this blog you'll find new chapters added. Some of the weeks will feature guest speakers bringing their thoughts and insight into the chapters of the Psalms. E...

Each Sunday in Advent I'm creating a study of a Christmas song that speaks to me, with a link to the song, the lyrics with reflections and thoughts on the words. This is the first one this season, it's focussed on the first keyword of Advent: Hope

Here's Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, click on the link to enjoy the Notes of Noel.
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/999439203496148135/8561107211105064368

Another chapter is up on the new blog. In this edition there is insight from chapter 5 along with a really moving video from a lady called Sue Trudinger who attends a church in Basingstoke. Hopefully you enjoy this chapter and be on the lookout for another one coming soon.

A Path Through Chapter 5 - Hear my cry and lead me I've been walking the path of the Psalms for many months now. I'd love to share these interactive Bible studies with you. As you come back to this blog you'll find new chapters added. Some of the weeks will feature guest speakers bringing their thoughts and insight into the chapters of the Psalms. E...

I wanted to let you all know that I continue to post to the blog I've started for the Path Through the Psalms. If you've never read or done one of the paths, it's an interactive study through a chapter of the book of Psalms from the Bible. Each one include my reflections, song links that go with the chapter's theme, often a short guest talk and more. I've been doing them for months now and am posting them starting with chapter 1 to a new blog which has been started up.

A Path Through Chapter 4 Chapter 4, Prayer

I've been doing much writing over the last couple of years. I've been sending some of this out to people through email, but I thought I'd set up a blog too. So what I'm doing is inputting the Path Through the Psalms which I've been writing many weeks over the last two years.

It's an interactive study of a chapter from the book of Psalms in the Bible. There's music links, often a guest speaker and plenty of my insight dotted throughout. I'd love for you to check out the blog, subscribe so that you get a notification when a new one goes up. I think it's time this resource gets shared wider.

A Path Through Chapter 1 There's a path, let's follow it We're beginning our look at the hymn book of the Psalms. Today it's chapter one, this chapter really sets ...

It's National Adoption Week, so we reflect how this lot of three have changed us for the better.

It's been 11 years since we fist embarked upon the voyage of adoption. The ups and downs have strengthed us, have given us resolve to push forward and have grown our hearts. The three you see below are beautiful girls who cause us to still pinch ourselves that we can be called 'Mom and Dad'.

There are so many children out there waiting, for a forever home, a safe and stable place to grow. Children who may not know how to receive love, but so desperately need it. There are so many amazing people out there who have opened their hearts, home and family to children in care.

Could you be another person or couple who embarks upon the voyage? Yes there are challenges, yes there are setbacks, yes there are struggles, but hey... just look at those smiles.

I love being a champion at Home for Good and supporting Parents and Children Together - PACT who has supported us through the years. Please let me know if you'd like help getting started.

Its a special week coming up in the world of adoption. Let's raise the profile on such a life-changing action for everybody involved. Thankfully there are so many amazing people who help make it happen for the thousands of children who await a forever family.

I'm still in awe that I had the opportunity to share our story, and that people want to read it. This week 2 copies have sold. How did they come across 'Our Road to Adoption'?

I don't know, maybe it was word of mouth, maybe a family looking to adopt, could be a couple desperate for children looking for hope. Either way it's my aim that the reader is brought joy as they read, along with finding it a helpful and hopeful read.

Grab yourself a copy at https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1717065384 it's only a tenner on the UK site.

My amazing family is off camping today, that means I have a whole day at home with my computer, a cup of coffee, probably a candle lit, some softish music playing and me working on my book. titled 'You've Got the Job'
God's Surprising Assignments.

Can I be honest with you all?

It's been a real journey with this project, for years I've had ideas running through my head about Bible characters and how they were rarely if ever prepared for what they were asked to do. I've wanted to take these myriad of thoughts and write them down, craft them into something interesting, fresh and helpful.

During lockdown it all really started to pour out, my ambition was high, my goals were set and I was creating, at least 5 of my planned 16 chapters were complete. Then lockdown stopped, life kicked in big time, it felt as though the river of writing had run dry.

During a recent visit to America I started to feel the ni**le again, and it wasn't going away! That has led me to pick the project back up again, to dig in and see where God takes this book. #

Thanks for all the support over the years, I look forward to sharing much more about this book as it gets more and more formed:)

I was pleased to this blog article on the Home for Good page, there's a link to my book on there too, that's wonderful to see:)

'It had been more than two years since we had been approved as adoptive parents, so we entered the adoption process again from the very beginning.'

Read Earl's story of how his family made room: https://homeforgood.org.uk/from-two-to-three

I had a great time at Emmanuel Community Church in Elmira, NY sharing about our life in Overton, LifeSpring Community Church and a little plug for my book Our Road to Adoption. This is all that remained from the book display:)

Look at this happy little box, all ready to go for Sunday at Emmanuel Community Church in Elmira, NY, the church I grew up in as a child:)