Debra Moerke and Amber discuss discuss the story behind her memoir, Murder, Motherhood and Miraculous Grace. Debra and her husband served as foster parents for a number of children. But Deborah became especially close to one little girl through a series of difficult and horrific circumstances, she found herself taking a phone call from the birth mother from prisons. What developed is the story Deborah tells today. It truly is a story of the miraculous grace of God and the steps of obedience that were far from easy Murder, Motherhood,& Miraculous Grace Questions Discussed: (1:39) Share a little of your faith journey with us. When did you begin walking with Jesus? (5:20) You and your husband fostered high risk children for 18 years. Take us back to when you first become foster parents. What led you to begin fostering and what were those first few years like in your home? (7:57) The memoir you released in 2019, Murder, Motherhood and Miraculous Grace, shares the portions of your journey with one of your foster children and her mother. Will you share that story with us? (12:21) What are things that social services can do better, so that things like this don't happen? (14:16) What was the impact on your own biological children and your family as a whole? (15:55) The horrific loss led to a range of emotions, but you were faced with a decision when you received a call from jail. Share that experience with us and how the grace of God led you to surrender? (22:10) Was it this experience that led you into prison ministry? And what were some things you discovered as you began to walk with women in prison, including the birth mom who murdered one of your foster daughters? (24:02) As God continued to draw you into places that were not easy to walk in, how did you see him really meet you? (28:20) Have you continued a relationship with Hannah's mother? (35:58) Were there times when that was happening that you you doubted? (40:28) What encouragement, dare I say advice, do you give foster families today? (44:45) Do you have a relationship with some of the children who came in and out of your home? (47:37) You have worked for a pregnancy resource center and you have fostered children. What do you see as the potential impacts of Roe vs. Wade being overturned? SHOW NOTES cont. Resources Mentioned: Book: Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Grace by Debra Moerke debramoerke.com Related Episodes: 48: Tori Hope Petersen | Hope for the Foster Child 37: Dr. Lindsay Hinson | Foster Parenting 105: Cheri Jimenez | What is A Safe Family? Come be a part of the Grace Enough Gang Follow Grace Enough: Instagram | Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices