The author, Jessica LaGrone is Associate Pastor at the Woodlands United Methodist Church in The Woodlands, Texas. Her six-week Bible study, Broken and Blessed traces the story of the perfectly imperfect Genesis family from Adam and Eve through the generations to Joseph and his brothers, bringing blessing from brokenness. She shows that despite positive and negative traits that were passed down, God chose to love and bless this family so that their blessings might overflow. God worked for good in every generation, determined to transform those within and outside the family bloodlines. The study ends with the story of Joseph, who decided to stop the cycle of previous generations, offering forgiveness and grace to his brothers. Through these stories of Genesis, New Testament teaching about family, and stories of contemporary families changed and used by God, this study shows us how God can use our own imperfect families to bring blessing in a hurting and broken world. Whether you're single, married or divorced, with or without children or grandchildren, you are an important part of God's family meant to bless the world.