Becoming Home, Paperback (Frames Series): Adoption, Foster Care, and Mentoring--Living Out God's Heart for Orphans

by Jedd Medefind

God's Call to Care for the Orphan is for All of Us Becoming Home is for anyone who has wrestled with how to address the orphan crisis. Caring for orphans makes grace touchable. When Christians choose to adopt, foster, mentor, or support care for orphans around the globe, it reveals God's true character to the world like nothing else we can do. Becoming Home unpacks specific steps everyone can take to care for orphans in distress. Some of these steps are 'big' choices like fostering or adopting; some are simpler choices like supporting work abroad or mentoring a foster youth. But all are ways we can practically show love to orphans - not because of a sense of duty, guilt, or even idealism, but because we've first been loved by God. Becoming Home is part of the FRAMES series - short yet meaningful reads on the top issues facing us in today's complex culture. It's a new kind of book brought to you by Barna Group, to help you read less, and know more.

Genres: Adoption, Christian, Nonfiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 7, 2014

Reviews

[Aaronmac · Rating 5 out of 5]

My wife and I read it together on a road trip. I really appreciated the main author's story, wisdom, and perspective. We also loves the before and after questions and the mapping out of small steps to take.

[Meredith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful, pocket-sized book for anyone interested in orphaned and vulnerable children. Applicable for both beginner and experienced, all walks of life can relate to it. Becoming Home has a high concentration of cited research ranging from adoption to foster care. He uses the statistics to really make the reader reflect on themselves. Don't be afraid of the intensive research; it's arranged in visuals and stories, so it doesn't feel like a "hard science" book.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants to personally reflect, gather OVC related information, and don't have a lot of time to spend reading. Every word in the book is necessary, without the additional fluff that sometimes overextends the life of a book.

[Ann Thomas Hitchcock · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is short but meaty. It lays a solid foundation for understanding the orphan and foster care crisis and poses some questions to get readers to consider how to help without causing more problems for countries and their vulnerable children. It is a great book if you aren't sure where to get started, but you want to learn more about caring for orphans.

[Reagan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a quick read that gives amazing information. I am thankful to have this resource to point people towards if they are contemplating becoming foster and/or adoptive parents.

[Melissa]

Driver Library - R5.00

[Leah Good · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fantastic book about an issue near and dear to my heart. And this booklet is only around 100 pages long. It's the perfect way to get a well rounded introduction to the subject, but it's not to basic to be a great read even if, like me, you've already read many books on the same subject.

The booklet starts out with some great color graphs with stats about the need, public opinion on Christians working with orphans, and a lot more. Then it moves in to talking about the way God calls us to be involved in this area, ways to get involved, attitudes about adoption, the way orphan care transforms people, and a lot more. Some of the stories totally made me cry.

The kindle version is only $2.99. I encourage you to check it out. I found out about it through an email from CAFO (Christian Alliance for Orphans) so I expected it to be at least decent but had no idea what to really expect. I'm so glad I got my copy. It will certainly come in handy. I may even find myself buying extra copies to give away.

Note: I received a free review copy of this book. I was under no obligation to write a positive review. All opinions stated are my own.

[Tanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Books about orphans always make me cry. The true stories filled my eyes with tears--both joyful and sad. I read it in less than an hour, so if you are looking for a summary of what the Christian church should do about the orphan crisis this might do it for you. I didn't really find too much new information in it, other than statistics for 2012, but I have read at least a half dozen books about adoption and the orphan crisis. I would be useful for starting a discussion. We intend to use it for our small group.