Moore on Adoption

I have just read Russell Moore's new Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Their Churches, and commend it to you. Several years ago Russell and his wife Maria adopted two little boys from a squalid orphanage in Russia. Russell, who is Dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Seminary and a senior editor of Touchstone, has written this book as a reflection in which he skillfully weaves the Christian understanding of adoption in its widest sense with his own family's story. This is not so much a “how to” manual as an account of a journey of souls--his, his wife's, and his sons', laboring under the yoke of this peculiar joy. Dr. Moore 's mind is fertile, and his range is wide, so the book, like any really worthy book of its kind, may be read profitably for matter that goes beyond its subject--such as the extended Moore family's rather unevangelical attitude toward cats. (You'll have to read it.) 

Comments

[Neil Gussman]

My wife and I adopted our son in Pennsylvania and will soon be adopting a brother for him. The process is slowed somewhat by my deployment, but the paperwork is approved and my wife is continuing with the process. One HUGE advantage of adopting within PA, besides the fact that you know the child needs a home, is that the process is all but free. It costs $1,500 to adopt a child from the PA foster care system and the fee can be waived in case of financial hardship. Nigel has been a blessing to our family from the day he came to our home.