After They Are Yours

Brian Borgman is the founding pastor of Grace Community Church in Minden, Nevada. He holds a BA in biblical studies (Biola University), an MDiv (Western Seminary, Portland), a ThM in historical theology (Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids), and a DMin (Westminster Seminary, Escondido). He has written numerous books and articles. He is married to Ariel and has three children and three grandchildren.

Adoption offers a powerful testimony of grace in a world of unwanted pregnancies and on-demand abortion. But no one said adoption is easy. As an adoptive parent and pastor who has counseled many adoptive parents, Brian Borgman knows there is another side to adoption--one we are often reluctant to talk about. Parenting is always a challenge, but parenting an adopted child can have some special challenges. Adoptive parents can experience much heartache and even guilt with their adopted children. Many suffer in silence. Borgman writes with a burden to minister to those who are struggling.
After They Are Yours: The Grace and Grit of Adoption talks transparently and redemptively about the often unspoken problems adoptive parents face. Combining personal experience, biblical wisdom, and a heart for people, Borgman recalls the humbling and difficult lessons God has taught him and his wife. This is not a success story, rather it's a story of struggles and failures set in the broader context of a God who is gracious and continually teaches us the meaning of adoption.

What do you do when it's hard to hope? Here is a story of adoption that's real, raw, redemptive, and edifying.