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Study guide: The grace of adoption
Photo: Rada Portzer Photography — The author, Karen Beattie, with her husband, David, and daughter, Desta, when she was 3.

Study guide: The grace of adoption

Opening your heart and family to welcome a child who needs a home is an incredible act of generosity and love. Thousands of children are adopted every year, but thousands more are looking for good, permanent homes. What does it take to adopt a child? Are you willing and able to accept such a gift of grace?

Download a study guide for “The grace of adoption,” which appeared in the October 2017 print edition of Living Lutheran. The guide, written by Robert C. Blezard, an assistant to the bishop of the Lower Susquehanna Synod, includes three pages of discussion questions and a copy of the article.