The Christian church has underemphasized talk of adoption, a central theme in the canon of Scripture. It is a glimpse of God's embrace, of God's hospitality, of God's trembling womb. Womb-love, that yearning from the very center of one's being, describes a tenacious compassion that is used to illustrate God's desire and mercy.
Adoption involves the deep-seated and triangular dynamic of grief, guilt, and gift.
These parents speak out of their successful vulnerability and give stories of faith, stories of failure, and stories of faith through failure. This research will become a handbook for adoptive families as adopted children deal with abandonment issues, identity, and intimacy crises in development, and the second-class status that North American society will attempt to give.