Faith Inspired

Local Resources

• Boxes of Love
• Called to Love Ministry - annual mom retreats!
• Embrace Oregon/Every Child
• Faithful Friends PDX - church-based mentors for children ages 6-9
• The Family Room - provides supervised family time in Portland Metro area
• Hands and Feet, Inc. - supporting foster families in Umatilla County
• Hannah Grace Family - Oregon City, music lessons & tutoring, visits with birth parents
• Jewish Family & Child Services - Portland
• Mercy and Healing- adoptee, speaker, writer & parent coach April Guffey in Central Oregon
• Safe Families for Children
  • Eugene
  • Medford
  • Portland
  • Salem
  • Yamhill County
• Salem Angels - a chapter of National Angels
• Reclaiming Hope Ranch - free horseback sessions for foster & adoptive children, Hillsboro area
• Refresh Conference - Pacific NW
• Replanted Ministry- Salem area monthly support group for foster & adoptive families!
• With Love - resources for babies/young children in foster care

Faith Inspired Authors & Trainers

• Melissa Corkum, transracial adoptee & adoptive parent - author & trainer in ORPARC's library
• Empowered to Connect, annual conference virtually simulcast by ORPARC! - in ORPARC's library
• Isaac Etter & Identity, transracial adoptee - author & trainer in ORPARC's library
• Heather T. Forbes, Beyond Consequences Institute, adoptive parent - author & trainer in ORPARC's library
• Jillana Goble, adoptive parent - author in ORPARC's library
• Deborah D. Gray, Nurturing Attachments - author in ORPARC's library
• Lisa Qualls, adoptive parent - author & trainer in ORPARC's library
• The Resilient Caregiver with Mike & Kristen Berry, foster adoptive parents - authors & trainers in ORPARC's library
• Jessica Sinarski, including Brave Brains & Riley the Brave - author & trainer in ORPARC's library
• Suddenly Siblings

Faith Inspired Parenting Resources

Faith-Inspired Materials and Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Materials) in ORPARC's library

• Adoption & Family Culture by Autumn Knapp
• Adoption: Recognizing the Loss for All of Us by Lisa Qualls, birth mom & foster adoptive parent - author in ORPARC's library
• Adoption Was Beautiful, Precious, & God-Ordained. Then I Adopted. by Kristin T. Lee, adoptive parent
• Adoption Wise - authors in ORPARC's library
• Autism and Spirituality by The Art of Autism
• Beyond Consequences Institute, Heather T. Forbes, adoptive parent - author in ORPARC's library
• Bishop Michael Curry on Love & Troubling Times with Brené Brown (podcast)
• Brave Brains and Jessica Sinarski - author & trainer in ORPARC's library
• Brené Brown's Return to Faith from Jesus Wept (video)
• Dear Foster Parent, It Takes Courage to Still Be Here by Gaelin Elmore, adoptee for The Forgotten Initiative
• The Forgotten Initiative - supporting the fostering community
• Harris Polling Data on Religion & Child Welfare by the Bipartisan Policy Center
• I Was a Great Parent: Then I Adopted by Autumn Knapp
• Jen Hatmaker's After the Airport, guest blog in In My Child's World: Practical Strategies, Guidance, and Hope for Foster & Adoptive Parents
• My Daughter Spoke Words of Grace by Michelle Madrid, transracial adoptee & adoptive parent - author in ORPARC's library
• Oregon Mom of 5 Strives to Improve Lives of Foster Children featuring Jillana Goble - author in ORPARC's library
• Ransom for Israel
• Sara Easterly - adoptee writer - author in ORPARC's library
  • The Dangers of Adoptees as Blessings
• Struggling with Faith: How Infertility Permanently Affected What I Believe by Threads of Anxiety
• To the Adoptive Mom Struggling to Love Her Adoptive Child by Natasha Metzler, adoptive parent
• Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) - an ORPARC Resource page - authors in ORPARC's library
• An Unexpected Interfaith Family: Fostering a Christian Child by Rabbi James & Jen Greene, foster parents
• We All Have RAD by Natasha Metzler, adoptive parent
• What Does the Bible Say About Adoption? by Margaret Crouse, adoptee

Culturally specific

• The Blessings and Challenges of Interracial Adoption by 401st Prophet
• Calling in the Wilderness - transracial adoptee authored blog
  • Adoption Was Not God's Plan for Me
• Identity Learning with Isaac Etter, transracial adoptee - author in ORPARC's library
• The Struggles & Challenges of Muslim Foster Kids by Mozaic
• Transracial Adoption, Faith, & Confirmation Bias (with Kristen Howerton, adoptive parent) with Pantsuit Politics

Faith & LGBTQ+

• A Christian Conversation Guide & Judaism
• Family Acceptance Project Faith-Based Resources - of many faiths
• LGBTQ+ Supportive Resources Around Faith & Many Articles
• My Kid is Gay - Oregon-based
  • Collection of faith-based conversations & articles
  • Coming Out & Faith - video
• The Rainbow Party - a family of strong faith supports their LGBTQ community

Faith Specific Adoption Resources

• Christian Alliance for Orphans
• Jewish Children’s Adoption Network
• Muslim Adoption Network
• Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
• Ritualwell (Jewish resource)
• Yatom - The Jewish Foster & Adoption Network

Videos & Podcasts

• Adoption & the Bible with Amber Jimerson by Lavender Luz Podcast - author in ORPARC's library
• The Adoption Wise Podcast - authors in ORPARC's library
• Could The Book Of Psalms Help Us Rethink The Fairy-Tale Adoption Narrative? by The Adoptee Next Door Podcast
• Empowered to Connect Podcast
• Empowered to Connect Video Library
• The Forgotten Initiative Podcast
  • Finding Wholeness & Healing with April Guffey, local adoptee
• Foster the Family Podcast
• Grief & Loss in Adoption by Adoption Wise - authors in ORPARC's library (video)
• Growing Toward Compassion: Part I Restoring Hope in Broken Places & Part II Trauma, the Brain & Hope by Jessica Sinarski - author & trainer in ORPARC's library
• Reducing Shame by Teaching About the Brain by Suddenly Siblings (video)
• The Resilient Caregiver Podcast by Mike & Kristen Berry, foster adoptive parents - authors in ORPARC's library
• Trauma Informed Parenting Video Series with Cindy Lee - author in ORPARC's library
• Truth Talks with Tara Podcast, transracial adoptee - author in ORPARC's library
• Understanding Childhood Trauma and Abuse by Tanya Waymire, TedTalk - inspiring talk for sexual abuse survivors
• What is Trauma? by Trauma Healing Institute (animated video)