Unplanned Grace: A Compassionate Conversation on Life and Choice

by Brittany Smith, Natasha Smith, Lauren Green McAfee (Foreword by)

Overview

When a women receives an unexpected positive pregnancy test, abortion often seems like the best or only option for a fulfilling future.  Unplanned Grace beautifully challenges that myth, equipping readers to support abortion-vulnerable women with love that values life in every way.

Writing for the nonprofit organization Save the Storks, Natasha and Brittany draw on personal interviews, inspiring stories, and eye-opening facts to help readers understand:

• How economics, relationships, and health affect a woman's pregnancy decision
• The value of having empathy for women facing unplanned pregnancies
• The enormous potential churches have to support women in crisis

Writing not just from a "pro-birth" perspective but from a "pro-abundant life" prospective, Unplanned Grace is an ideal resource for churches and individuals who want to make a difference in the pro-life movement.  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830782116
Publisher:	David C Cook
Publication date:	09/01/2021
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	666,094
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.19(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Natasha Smith and Brittany Smith work with Save the Storks, a nonprofit ministry that exists to inspire cultural change by empowering strategic partners, like pregnancy resource centers, to serve and value every life.  They believe that to end abortion, people must be educated on its realities and equipped to respond with compassion and love. 

Table of Contents

Foreword 9

Preface 11

Acknowledgments 13

Introduction: Saved by a Text 15

Shannon and Rachel's Story 21

Chapter 1 Pregnancy Resource Centers 25

Section 1 Circumstantial Difficulties

Rosliany's Story 41

Chapter 2 Not Just Pro-Birth but Pro-Abundant Life 47

Chapter 3 The Importance of Housing 59

Section 2 Relational Pressure

Keilah's Story 73

Chapter 4 External Pressure 81

Chapter 5 Domestic Abuse 95

Chapter 6 Sexual Violence and Rape 109

Section 3 Holistic Health

Hannah's Story 125

Chapter 7 Healthy Sexuality 131

Chapter 8 Supportive Fathers 147

Chapter 9 Abortion Pill Reversal 165

Chapter 10 Healing after Abortion 181

Section 4 Taking Action

Chapter 11 Church Participation in the Pro-Life Movement 197

Notes 215

About Save the Storks 222

About the Authors 224

Editorial Reviews

Many of the stories [in Unplanned Grace] brought tears to my eyes—tears of empathy for the very real difficulties that many women and men face and tears of gratitude for the ways people have stepped in and served those in need. This authentic, fresh perspective on the issue of life is needed. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, I urge you to consider these stories.

Lauren Green McAfee

Unplanned Grace is my new favorite book on helping people understand why every life is sacred. There are accidental parents, but there are no accidental children! Your parents may not have planned you, but God did—and he had a purpose for your birth. This book is biblical, practical, loving, and warmhearted.

Rick Warren

Between the stirring stories and straight-forward statistics, Unplanned Grace is a compelling tapestry of grace, showing the pregnancy-help community stepping up to love people facing difficult decisions. This book reveals the bigger picture of the Spirit of God at work with empowering grace.

president of Heartbeat International Jor-El Godsey