Welcome to A Grafting Story: A retelling of God's adopted family, and a new-telling of ours.
THEOLOGY & POETRY
DOCTRINE & MISSION
Join Nicole Ashley Fletcher as she introduces the first season of theological conversations, horticultural images, & God's heart for belonging.
How do you navigate the fullness of the adoption triad as an adoptive family? What are ways to honour the child by honouring their birth family? The final episode of the first season includes a culminating conversation with a Toronto-to-Nashville couple, all about generous love & the God's miraculous working over time.
14 Dec 2020
Chapter 11: Parenting (Re)purposed
What does a parent-God have to say about raising children? Do the values of our societies or families of origin collide or line-up with divine purpose? Join Nikki this Christmas season as she considers the experience of Mary & Joseph, and what the Holy Family can teach us about parenting, discipleship & the Kingdom of God.
7 Dec 2020
Chapter 10: Allan & Joanna
What does it look like to have the privilege of being witness to victorious overcoming? Join Toronto couple Allan & Joanna across the table as they their share their international adoption story full of faith, and purified by fire.
30 Nov 2020
Chapter 9: Be Fruitful & Multiply
Join Nikki for a special chapter on our designed and destined purpose of fruitfulness. A very personal announcement, plus a short reflection on the multiplicity of love.
23 Nov 2020
Chapter 8: Sharon
Belonging as the beloved is our greatest identity and deepest longing. Join this vulnerable and intimate conversation, as Sharon shares her story of whole-making as an adoptee and child of God.
15 Nov 2020
Chapter 7: The Spirit of Sonship
That we get to be called Children of God. What role does the Holy Spirit play in our spiritual adoption? Why does it matter when we consider our truest identity? Join Nikki as she explores the rights and privileges of "sonship" in the Roman culture the Apostle Paul was writing in, and how God invites us into such glory and authority.
21 Sept 2020
Chapter 6: Kassey & Anya
Kassey & Anya are a young couple living and working in a suburb just East of Toronto, Canada. Join us around the table as they share their kin-family story, and the beautiful adventure they have been on saying a Holy "yes" to an unexpected invitation from God.
13 Sept 2020
Chapter 5: Bloodlines & Bloodlies
Belonging that is thicker than water. Join Nikki as she considers what the powerful symbol of blood has to say to us - in the bible narrative, and in our own deep longings of the soul.
29 Jul 2020
Chapter 4: Amy & Irek
Amy & Irek are a dynamic couple from Durham Region, Ontario, Canada, living and raising their foster and biological children under a single banner of "family." Join us around the table in this challenging conversation about belonging in the foster care system.
23 Jul 2020
Chapter 3: (Super)Natural Selection
Darwin, Jesus and the great intervention. Join Nikki as she looks at the family microcosm that Jesus chose to enter into, and how our own creation, calling and being chosen has more to do with the love and patience of a Parent-God than simply microbiology.
15 Jul 2020
Chapter 2: Timo & Siobhan
Three friends sit around the table together in the first AGS conversation about adoption, fostering and belonging. Timo & Siobhan are a couple from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada who are foster parents, adoptive parents, and passionate souls who continue to open their home and hearts as they follow Jesus into generous love.
7 Jul 2020
Chapter 1: Horticultural Theology
What do trees have to do with our adoption? Join Nikki as she presents a "growth mindset" learning posture, our connection to the living environment, and why this matters in the divine story of grafting.
30 Jun 2020
Prologue: The Heart Beneath the Soil
An introduction to A Grafting Story: a retelling of God's adopted family, and a new-telling of ours.
Listen in to an intersection of theology and poetry, doctrine and mission, and what to expect from this debut season.
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