Broken and Blessed: How God Used One Imperfect Family to Change the World: A Bible Study on Genesis

by Jessica LaGrone

Broken and Blessed is a six-week study that traces the story of the Genesis family from Adam and Eve through the generations to Joseph, bringing blessing from brokenness. We will see that despite both good and bad traits that were passed down, God worked for good in every generation?determined to transform those within and outside the family bloodlines. The study ends with the story of Joseph, who decided to stop the cycle of previous generations, offering forgiveness and grace to his brothers.Through these stories of Genesis, New Testament teaching about family, and stories of contemporary families changed and used by God, this study shows us how God can use our own imperfect families to bring blessing in a hurting and broken world?The Broken and Blessed Kit contains one each of the Leader Guide, Participant Book, DVD, and a Preview Book.

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First published March 4, 2014

About the author

After earning an undergraduate degree in Biology from Southwestern University and serving in Youth Ministry for two congregations, Jessica LaGrone earned a Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. She served as an Associate Pastor at First United Methodist Church in Pasadena beginning in 2002, overseeing the Missions and Evangelism ministries. She was ordained an elder in the United Methodist Church in 2005.

In January 2006, Jessica began her current appointment as Associate Pastor at The Woodlands UMC, a church with over 8,000 members. She describes it as more of a small town than a church, with lots of communities within the greater congregation and an amazing gathering of people with a great passion for growing in relationship with Jesus. Currently she servest as Pastor of Worship, a position that is best explained as Worship Architect, planning and developing four of the church’s seven weekly worship experiences and working with amazing contractors with talent in music, media and preaching.

Reviews

[Lori Schwilling · Rating 5 out of 5]

This study resulted in healing and blessing for several members of a small group in our congregation. As the reader learns about the brokenness in the families of Genesis, she also is encouraged to consider similar kinds of brokenness in her own family. But LaGrone also explores how the biblical families experienced blessing, and encourages the reader to be a conduit of blessing for her own family.