Foster Care and Faith: Supporting Foster Families in Your Community

About this episode

The episode explores the connection between faith and foster care, featuring insights from author Jamie Finn on supporting foster families.

May is National Foster Care Month! For today’s episode, we’ve invited author Jamie Finn to help us discover how faith and foster care are deeply connected. Jamie Finn opens up about the surprising realities that reshaped her family’s mission. You’ll hear what truly sustains foster families through their hardest seasons. Listen in for practical wisdom that applies whether you foster yourself or simply want to love foster families well. Key Takeaways: Trauma reshapes the brain. Regulated parents create safety for dysregulated children Foster families thrive when their community refuses to look away Following Jesus leads us toward discomfort, not away Mentioned in this Podcast: Ebook – What Kids Need: 4 Messages That Build Identity https://www.instagram.com/fosterthefamilyblog/ https://www.fosterthefamily.org/ https://www.filledretreat.com/ https://www.filledtogether.com/ Book – Foster the Family by Jamie Finn Book – Filled: 60 Devotions for the Foster Parent’s Heart by Jamie Finn Book – God Loves Kids: A Gospel-Centered Book About Foster Care by Jamie Finn Podcast – A Parenting Framework for Adoption and Fostering? Yes! | Ep. 157…

People in this episode

Host: Connected Families

Guest: Jamie Finn

Topics covered

• foster care
• faith
• community support
• parenting
• trauma
• spirituality

Keywords

• foster care
• faith
• community
• parenting
• trauma
• support
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Foster the Family, Filled: 60 Devotions for the Foster Parent’s Heart, God Loves Kids: A Gospel-Centered Book About Foster Care, What Kids Need: 4 Messages That Build Identity

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