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Katie Roelofs and Emily Helder

Katie Ritsema Roelofs is a Korean adoptee living in Washington, D. C. She is a commissioned pastor in the Christian Reformed Church of North America and serves in the denomination's Office of Worship. She is passionate about music and worship, particularly the intersection of liturgy and life. Dr. Emily Helder is a clinical neuropsychologist and professor of psychology at Calvin University. Her research and clinical work focus on adoption and foster care, she is the co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Adoption, and the host of the Adoption Roundtable podcast.

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Adoption: Two Voices

How are your churches, schools, and other religious institutions preparing themselves to deal with adoptees and foster children? When deeply traumatized children walk through your doors and push your boundaries of orthodoxy and orthopraxy, are you going to receive them with compassion, grace, and understanding?
Katie Roelofs and Emily Helder
October 31, 2022