Education

The way adoption is practiced and messaged in our homes, churches, and communities has a real and serious impact on the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of all involved in adoption. For this reason, we are passionate about educating faith communities about the many complexities of adoption and how to better support adoptees and birth parents.

Please browse through some of our writings, teachings, and interviews below, where some of the members of our Faith Collective for Truth and Healing in Adoption share perspectives on the intertwining of adoption and religion.

Wade in the Water
By Natasha Tripplett
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Lost and Found: Barefoot Before the Burning Bush
By Julian Washio-Collette
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God Responds to the Oppressed
By Beka Overby
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Moses and Chosen Adoptees
By Sara Easterly
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Moses Liberator, Then … and Now
By Dr. Patrice Martin
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Beyond the Basket: A Story of Adoption, Reunion, Sibling Relationships, and Faith
By Iris P. Bryant
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How Moses Reveals the Complexity of Adoption, Identity, and Belonging
By Amber Jimerson
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Webinar Recordings with Members of the Faith Collective

"Moses Reframed: Adoption, Identity, and Hidden Truths"
Webinar Recorded March 18, 2025

Sermons & Testimonies by Members of the Faith Collective

"Hidden Figures" Personal Testimony Delivered at Living Stones Church
by Mellisa Lathion (49:00-1:10)
Seeing Color: Sermon Delivered at Living Stones Church
by Mellisa Lathion (31:00-1:15)

Books by Members of the Faith Collective

Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations From Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies co-authored by Sara Easterly
Searching for Mom: A Memoir
by Sara Easterly
Planted with Love: Growing Into a Family
by Natasha Tripplett

Other Writing by Members of the Faith Collective

"The Dangers of Adoptees as Blessings"
by Sara Easterly in Red Letter Christians
"Is Pro-Life Evangelicalism Killing Adoptees?"
by Sara Easterly in Red Letter Christians
"Moses and Me: A Biblical and Personal Case for Honoring Birth Mothers"
by Sara Easterly in Godspacelight
"An Adoptee's Apocalypse"
by Sara Easterly in Red Letter Christians
"Born Jewish and Adopted Into a Christian Home, I’ve Found My Own Jewish Path"
by Natasha Tripplett in Hey Alma
"From Certainty to Uncertainty"
by Sara Easterly in The Redbud Post

Interviews with Members of the Faith Collective

"From Being Left in a Trash Bin to Becoming a Walking Miracle"
Interview with Dr. Patrice Martin for The Adoption Journey Podcast
"In Reunion ... The Rest of the Story You Didn't See"
Interview with Dr. Patrice Martin for the Black to the Beginning Podcast
"Adoption and Healthcare: Where Changes Need to Be Made"
Interview with Mellisa Lathion for the Funding Love Adoption Podcast
"Adoptees and Religion"
Adoption Mosaic "We the Experts" panel including Sara Easterly
"Adoptees and Cults"
Adoption Mosaic "We the Experts" panel including Sara Easterly
Interview with Julian Washio-Collette for the Adoptees On Podcast