Resources this week focus on singleness, divorce, being a widow / widower, and how single and married, childless and parents, are alike whole people participating in God’s Kingdom.
Resources for week 2 of the "Kingdom Family Vacation" series entitled "There's No 'Sin' In 'Single'"
Written Resources
"Single Christians Have Common Needs—the Same Needs All Christians Have” A book review by Elizabeth Woodson in Christianity Today of Anne Broadway’s Solo Planet (available online).
“Young Adults for Adoption” - João Moraes (blog) Young adults long for family and there is no better place to find it than within the community of brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ. From Emmauel Baptist Church in Alexandria, LA.
“Why The Church Needs the Infertile Couple: We’re missing a broader scope of family love” (available online) by Matthew Lee Anderson in Christianity Today.
Video Resource
“Jesus Addresses Rules About Murder, Adultery and Divorce” - Sermon on the Mount, Episode 4 – Bible Project (Animated video -8 minutes 13 seconds).
Part of an animated, engaging series on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount
Audio / Podcast Resource
“How Jesus Responded to the Divorce Debate” - The Bible Project Podcast / Sermon on the Mount (podcast ~40 minutes) Goes into more depth from same people as above video on the subjects of divorce as it relates to Jesus's teaching.
“C.S. Lewis and the Problem of Pain” - Episode 50 - Ploughcast. (podcast ~55 minutes) A podcast about the problem of pain looking at the work of C.S. Lewis. He wrote the book A Grief Observed (1961) after becoming a widower when his wife died.
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