How Moses Reveals the Complexity of Adoption, Identity, and Belonging

How Moses Reveals the Complexity of Adoption, Identity, and Belonging By Amber Jimerson Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of blog posts where members of the Faith Collective for Truth and Healing in Adoption write about adoptee, prophet, and Biblical hero Moses. His story is often used in modern faith circles as […]

Advent, Archetypes, and Adoption

Advent, Archetypes, and Adoption By Amber Jimerson For many years, I dreaded the coming of Indiana winter, with its frigid temperatures and weighted blanket of snow-covered depression. My husband’s absolute favorite season is always fall, but I could never fully enjoy it because I was bracing myself for the season that would follow. Recently, however, […]

The God Who Sees Me

The God Who Sees Me By Amber Jimerson As a preacher’s wife, I’ve spent at least two days a week every week for over 13 years in our church, and more than that with our church family. Throughout the years, birth mothers I’ve met through the adoption community have told me variations of the sentiment: […]