Adoption Update
Last night we finished our state-mandated, social-worker led, adoption training. In Ohio the requirement is 12 hours of class. The material covered a host of sociological issues: cultural diversity, discipline, neglect, abuse, various disorders, etc. As you might expect, all was very PC (e.g. pro-homosexual, anti-spanking, etc). Fortunately, we only had to listen, not agree.
With that over there are only a couple of things left outstanding. Part of the requirement for completing a homestudy is to read any two books on adoption. There is a great need for biblically-informed books written to parents considering adoption. This strikes me as strange given the parallels to spiritual adoption and the Pro-Life emphasis on adoption as the alternative to abortion.
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I know of one! Sort of....
Rachel Ball, 2004 graduate of New St. Andrews, wrote her senior thesis on adoption: "Defenders of the Defenseless: Recovering a Chrsitian Responsibility to Visit the Fatherless." I met Rachel a few weeks ago when she visited the church I've been attending. I don't know how to contact her, but I bet if you contacted NSA (http://nsa.edu), and explained what you wanted, they could put you in touch and perhaps she could e-mail you the text. There's a bound copy of Rachel's thesis in the NSA library...that makes it officially a book, doesn't it? ;^)
Thanks, Valerie. That sounds like a wonderful read. I'll check it out.
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