Adopted: The Sacrament of Belonging in a Fractured World

Kelley Nikondeha is codirector and chief storyteller for Communities of Hope, a community development enterprise in Burundi, and cofounder of Amahoro Africa, an ongoing conversation between theologians and practitioners within the African context.

About the AuthorKelley Nikondeha is codirector and chief storyteller for Communities of Hope, a community development enterprise in Burundi, and cofounder of Amahoro Africa, an ongoing conversation between theologians and practitioners within the African context.

"This book will speak to every single adopted person and their family in a beautiful way, but also takes a much wider stance" according to Sherry Naron. Don’t let the bold title of, “Adopted,” on this cover fool you. This book will speak to every single adopted person and their family in a beautiful way, but also takes a much wider stance on what it means to truly belong to one another. Through Kelley Nikondeha’s experience living as an adopted person and also an adoptive mom, the lens from which she views belonging is rich and beautiful and something you can feast from.From how Jesus, as the adopted one, reshaped the definition of family, to how we are God&rs. "Hands down best Adoption book!" according to diana k oestreich. My world feels more whole and less broken after reading this book. It reveals why we can feel so much Belonging, and yet feel abandoned and let go of in so many other ways. This books shouts to the roof tops that families are so much larger than we've been told. Jesus, Justice, Adoption, Belonging and the ways family can fill us and wound us all at the same time. Find yourself some coffee, because once you start this book you won't put it down until you're done.Hands down best Adoption book!. In an often broken and fractured world, we are Alysa Bajenaru In an often broken and fractured world, we are tempted to draw our circles tighter, batten down the hatches and take care of our own. Through the lens of adoption and biblical truth, Kelley Nikondeha gently takes us by the hand and leads us out of our small bubbles and into the wider circle of connection and belonging.

All of us belong to God's family—Jesus as God's son and the rest of us as his adopted children. In Adopted Kelley Nikondeha explores how the Christian concept of adoption into God's family can broaden our sense of belonging. As Nikondeha unpacks the implications of adoption—and especially its potential to cross socioeconomic and ethnic boundaries—she offers new ways to approach conversations about family, adoption, connection, and the mystery of what it means to belong.. Adoption is one of the most radically inclusive aspects of God's kingdom. Drawing on her own story as both an adopted child and an adoptive mother, Nikondeha invites readers to a rich, biblically grounded understanding of adoption that reframes the way we perceive family, friends, and those in need of rescue