Deconstructing Orphan Sunday

Deconstructing Orphan Sunday

About the Substack

I'm a public-health trained physician and adoptee on a mission to change the societal and church narratives about adoption, because subjecting vulnerable people to a lifetime of trauma in the name of family building isn't good news.

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About Kristin Kirkland, MD, MPH

Deconstructing my experiences as a survivor of the adoption industry and evangelicalism helped me find a more expansive, humanistic spirituality. I write about identity, spirituality, justice, and public health through my lens as an adult adoptee.