This week’s Beyond the Labels essay comes from Brianna Brown—a spiritual director, missionary, and adoptive mom whose journey into motherhood has held both the sacred and the shattering. With honesty and compassion, Brianna shares a story most of us never imagine living. If you’ve ever faced a reality that looked nothing like the dream you had, Brianna’s story is a gentle invitation to lay down shame and lean into grace.
In this episode, Brianna shares:
✨How her perspective on motherhood and adoption shifted over the years
✨The painful moment she realized she had become the mom she once judged
✨What it looked like to surrender her child to a new family out of love—not failure
✨Honest questions she wrestled with: Did we get it wrong? Did God abandon us?
✨The invitation to release labels and love one another as Christ has loved us
Links + Resources:
Connect with Brianna: briannambrown.com
Subscribe to her Substack: Brianna M. Brown on Substack
Read her book: Soar: Noticing God While Discerning the Unfathomable
My Links:
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-Check out my book, How Much More?
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