Is Pro-Life Evangelicalism Killing Adoptees?
Adoptive parents can build platforms and careers off adoption, but adoptees who circumvent the system, usually offering their emotional labor at no cost, receive backlash.
An Adoptee’s Apocalypse
God has a deeper understanding of us. God gets the nuances of adoption and understands our pain—all of it, even the parts we think we’ve kept totally hidden. Jesus, too, was an adoptee, after all. And God is near to the brokenhearted—adoptees included, because adoption isn’t possible without a trail of broken hearts.
The Dangers of Adoptees as Blessings
Anytime we look past loss and grief in order to center ourselves in a story, we’re presenting an overly simplistic, and oppressive, view of religion.
What My ‘Brown’ Children are Teaching Me During Black History Month
What I found was a revelation in plain sight.
God, Our Parent, Would Never Treat Children Like This
A Father or Mother God would never endorse ripping apart parents and children to make a political point or even to deter immigration.
Separating the Baby from the Bathwater: Defending the Role of Orphanages in Addressing the Global Orphan Crisis
MAY 29, 2014 | BY: JOHN MCCOLLUM -- God himself cares for orphans and expects his people to do so as well. This much is not...
Love Isn’t Enough: some things you need to know about adoption
DEC 3, 2013 | BY: BEN COREY -- Adoption is a hot issue in American Evangelicalism, and while rates of international adoption have drastically...
Now on the Red Carpet: Robert Gelinas
NOV 25, 2013 | BY: MARGOT STARBUCK -- As National Adoption month comes to a close, I’m chatting with Robert Gelinas, father to six children...
Adoption and Hospitality Should Replace "Evangelism"
NOV 17, 2013 | BY: YAHOLO HOYT -- When most people think about the term “adoption” we usually only think about a family adopting...
Finding justice for Trayvon: seven actions steps for our outrage
JULY 15, 2013 | BY: KRISTEN HOWERTON -- I have seen a shift in the last year, though, and I think the Trayvon Martin case served to rattle...