Today, we’re talking about California, the Chapman’s adventures there, the reason Kate is sharing her story as a birth mother in her documentary The Inner Sea, and why the conversation around adoption and abortion in pro-life circles needs to deepen.

Show Notes:

The Inner Sea

Springs of Love

Building Belonging: Six Steps for Fostering and Adopting in Faith (An Adoption Education Curriculum)

The Chapman’s Adoption Story (produced by Springs of Love)

Leah Outten (birth mom support from a Protestant perspective)

Cradled in Grace (ethical adoption consultants)

Abiding Love Adoptions (birth mom centered adoption agency)

M Train: A Memoir by Patti Smith

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