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About the Author

Monica is a wife, mama of five, and a United Methodist elder serving in the Northern VA area. She is an advocate for trauma-informed practices and connects with others about adoption, foster care, and the effects of trauma at emergingmama.com. Monica (irregularly) hosts the Collared Chicks podcast to amplify the voices and experiences of women leaders, both clergy and lay, within the church.

Advent, Broken Relationship, and the Shadowy Role of Jesus’ Adoptive Father

Here we stand. Waiting. Promises not yet fulfilled. Bruised, scarred, often confused and lonely. And yet, capable of a bigger love than we likely ever imagined, even as we take our place, often in the shadows.

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