Healing for Every Heart in Adoption
Redemptive Prayers and Strategies for Adoptive Parents, Adoptees, and Birth Parents
About
Redeem Your Adoption Journey
In this groundbreaking book, adoption advocates Betsy S. Kylstra, Lisa C. Qualls, and Jodi Jackson Tucker--an adoptee, a birth mother, and an adoptive mother--reveal that adoption is rooted in both loss and redemptive victory. And healing is needed by all in the adoption triad--adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents--to experience restoration and wholeness.
In these pages you'll find the practical teaching, spiritual guidance, and strategic prayers you need to transform your adoption journey, including how to
· address the spiritual challenges created by adoption
· identify the path to healing for each person in the triad
· overcome loss, grief, shame, hurts--and more
· experience restoration and healing through the love of Jesus
While the emotions of the adoption journey are complicated, the compassionate approach in this book will help your heart heal as you place it safely in God's hands.
"This book is at once personal testimony and practical guidance, aching confession and breathtaking faith, private prayer and invitation into prayerful fellowship."-- JEDD AND RACHEL MEDEFIND, Christian Alliance for Orphans
"The authors generously share their stories with raw authenticity and deep wisdom."--JAMIE FINN, founder and author, Foster the Family
Endorsements
"Healing for Every Heart in Adoption lives up to its title. The authors generously share their stories with raw authenticity and deep wisdom. In doing so, they offer permission to the reader to embrace the complicated and beautiful experiences of adoption right alongside them and invite them into the healing they've encountered."
Jamie Finn, founder, Foster the Family and Filled Gathering; author, Foster the Family
"This book is at once personal testimony and practical guidance, aching confession and breathtaking faith, private prayer and invitation into prayerful fellowship with others who have walked similar paths. Amid a culture that leans heavily on tips, techniques, and simplistic coinage, this book is a sturdy alternative. It applies a profound and enduring approach centered in the unparalleled healing power to be found only in honesty, repentance, forgiveness, and full release to the God who formed and loves us."
Jedd Medefind, president, Christian Alliance for Orphans, and Rachel Medefind, director, CAFO Institute for Family-Centered Healing & Health
"Healing for Every Heart in Adoption is a pioneering, breakthrough must-read for every adoptive parent, adoptee, and birth parent. It will bring comfort, educate, reveal the source of behavior, and point to the greatest Father who longs to heal and restore. The trio of authors brings power-packed revelation from their unique perspectives."
Patricia Bootsma, pastor, Catch the Fire Ministries; global prayer coordinator, JH Israel; author, Raising Burning Hearts and When Jesus Splits the Sky
"These authors, who represent all three parts of the adoption triad, have walked through incredibly painful experiences and been transformed by the healing hand of God. They vulnerably share their stories with hearts full of hope! You'll need to grab a box of tissues and then pray the prayers at the end of each chapter. You will not be the same after reading this book."
Joyce Koo Dalrymple, founder/CEO, Refuge for Strength; author, Women of the New Testament and Jesus' Passion Week
"Spoken directly from the heart into the hearts of everyone touched by adoption. Every very real emotion and challenge that you have experienced is gracefully and compassionately explored in this book. You will feel seen, heard, and loved on every page."
Karla Marie Williams, global advocate for children and families; speaker and author
"What a gem to find this sacred written space where the adoption triad can be clearly heard--grief and all! This resource is rich in experiences but, more that that, in a true acknowledgment of the complex dynamics of an adoption story impacted by the healing power of relationships rooted in the gospel."
Aixa de Lopez, board member, Alianza Cristiana para los Huérfanos
"Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted and to free those who are oppressed. With this in mind, this team of authors has put together a brilliant transparent book. Whether you are an adoptive or biological parent, child, or other family member, God has a purpose and plan for your life. Learn from experienced practitioners the healing and redemptive path as we each cry out 'Abba, Daddy, Father' to our Lord and Creator."
James W. Goll, God Encounters Ministries, GOLL Ideation LLC
"Who better to embrace the wounds of adoption than those who have walked the journey? Who better to celebrate the depth of healing than those who have experienced it? Lisa, Betsy, and Jodi, who all encountered God in their stories, present a meaningful guide for redemption to those touched by adoption. Their insights and transparency are infused with wisdom and faith. I love this book and highly recommend it!"
Jayne E. Schooler, Schooler Institute; coauthor, Caring for Kids from Hard Places
"This is a refreshingly honest and compassionate perspective in a world where the adoption narrative is often oversimplified. Beautifully and redemptively written, it acknowledges the complexities and brokenness that are experienced in the adoption journey. The heartfelt prayers, scriptural guidance, and deeply personal stories resonated with me across every page, and the raw truth and transformative power of Scripture is a beacon of hope for anyone experiencing the journey of adoption. This book is a must-read to navigate the path from brokenness to wholeness with faith as the anchor."
Pam Parish, founder and CEO, Connections Homes; author, Ready or Not, Battle-Weary Parents, The Gift, and Redemptive Connection
"As I read each chapter of this book, I was so moved by the raw stories that were told and the freedom prayers that were so carefully written. I could see myself, as an adoptive mom, in the pages. Hearing each perspective gave me new insight into my children and their birth families and tangible ways to pray for them. I look forward to sharing this book with everyone I know touched by adoption."
Kayla North, cofounder and CCO, One Big Happy Home; TBRI practitioner and MSOYW facilitator
The Authors
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Olivia Jackson Betsy S. Kylstra
Betsy S. Kylstra is co-founder of Restoring the Foundations International, RTF Healing House Network of ministers, and RTF International Training Center. Learn more at RestoringTheFoundations.org.
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Grace Sensing Lisa C. Qualls
Lisa C. Qualls is an author, speaker, and co-founder of Adoption Wise, where she provides post-adoption support to families. Learn more at LisaCQualls.com.
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Olivia Jackson Jodi Jackson Tucker
Jodi Jackson Tucker is an advocate, author, and founder of Second Mothers, a global ministry that provides a Biblical support and encouragement to foster and adoptive mothers and their kids. Learn more at SecondMothers.org.
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