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Tag Archives: Adoption
The 4 most common types of adoption failure
This is grief. This is hard. This is worth knowing about in the church. Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Controversies, Foster Care, Key Ministry
Tagged Adoption, Brokenness, Christian counseling, disruption, failed adoption, grief, lost placement, Shannon Dingle
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5 ways you can minister to a family with a failed adoption
But while the child isn’t lost to this world, he or she is lost to the family. Their grief is real. The dreams they had for the child need to be laid to rest. Give them permission to mourn those losses. Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Families
Tagged Adoption, church, Disability Ministry, failed adoption, grief, ministry, Shannon Dingle, support
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Receiving the refugees of the sexual revolution…
How shall we prepare? Here are six ideas from someone who has treated far too many of the wounded… Continue reading
Does adoption Christianese sometimes feel like a sucker punch?
For children in adoptive or foster placements, their lived experiences might offer a perceived theology of a God who abandons, a God who watches but is not overly involved, a God who leaves, or several gods who are interchangeable as different caregivers. Then when we take those assumptions about God and layer confusingly positive Christian clichés about adoption, the end result can be dismissiveness instead of discipleship. Continue reading
Church, let’s stop equating vertical adoption and horizontal adoption
When we choose our words about adoption, let’s do so carefully so that we don’t add to the trauma and hurt that might already be present in our churches. Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Advocacy, Foster Care, Key Ministry
Tagged Adoption, church, horizontal adoption, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Shannon Dingle, vertical adoption
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Christians, are we being wise with the words orphan and fatherless?
We still use “orphan” or “fatherless” a lot in the church when we’re talking about adoption and foster care, even when those words don’t fit with our current culture or a specific circumstance. Why? Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Advocacy, Families, Foster Care, Key Ministry
Tagged Adoption, children's ministry, church, fatherless, Inclusion, Key Ministry, language, orphans, Shannon Dingle, student ministry, words
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Autism, vaccines and the need to keep our kids safe
There’s a point at which blind rejection of good science jeopardizes our ability to credibly communicate our witness to the world outside our Christian cocoon. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Autism, Controversies, Key Ministry
Tagged Adoption, Autism, children's ministry, church, Disability Ministry, HIV, Measles, MMR Vaccine, vaccination
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