A pile of stones. For millennia cultures around the world have used them for various purposes. Today stacks of stones have become a popular impromptu art statement in the wild, or a tool for meditation in the search for inner peace. But many centuries ago, a simple pile of stones from a riverbed served as a steady reminder of the supernatural power of God and His interaction with His people.

Daddy, Why Are You Going to Jail? is about love: the love of God for an ordinary family who desperately cried out to Him in the midst of their pain; the love of a husband and wife determined to hold their family together in spite of an eight-year prison sentence; and the love of a family whose bond could not be broken.

It was never God’s intent for children to be without a family! This is why Scripture says He assumes the role of father to the fatherless and He sets the lonely in families. This is the heart of God–a good, loving, and gracious Father. This is also the basis of His mandate toward us, the church, to care for vulnerable children and families around us. Our call to care for the vulnerable and orphaned is rooted in God’s care of us through Jesus. That’s what this book is about–the work of Christ on our behalf in the gospel. ALL IN Orphan Care is a six-session study guide designed to prepare and equip those exploring the call to foster care, adoption or some aspect of supporting families.