Orphan Justice: How to Care for Orphans Beyond Adopting

Johnny Carr. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2013. 207 pp. (Paperback).

 

There seems to be a tremendous amount of interest in adoption these days; who doesn’t know someone who has gone to a foreign country and come back with a child — or three or four children? Not everyone is in a position to adopt, yet the Bible speaks often of our responsibility to care for orphans. In “Orphan Justice,” Johnny Carr looks at the problem of children without parents worldwide and offers practical steps that can be taken to care for them.

Of course, as an adoptive parent of three himself, Carr focuses on adoption in the book. Most of the suggestions do revolve around adopting children or supporting those who wish to adopt, but he goes farther afield to reach out to those who want to support children without adopting. At the end of each information-rich chapter is a section detailing actions anyone can do, many can do and a few can do.