CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS
The CAFO Blog
Month: August 2010
A Glimmer of Things to Come
I spent the last two days in Louisville along with my trusted Alliance co-laborer, Elizabeth Wiebe, laying groundwork for Summit VII (May 11-13, 2011). We came away full up with...
The Post-Placement Journey
This week the Alliance hosted the Post Placement Journey webinar. Dr. Karyn Purvis and Amy Monroe provided practical insights and resources to equip adoption and foster care ministries to help...
The Safe Families Model
This week the Alliance Webinar Series hosted the Safe Families model. Safe Families provides a transformational alternative to foster care that makes the homes of local Christians and their church...
Global Orphans: The Numbers
One of the slipperiest elements of orphan advocacy is the statistics often quoted to describe the number of orphans worldwide. These often-varying estimates are sometimes misstated and frequently misapplied. For...
NY Times on Haiti Adoptions: Missing the Bigger Story
Yesterday’s NY Times article on U.S. adoptions from Haiti was a mixed bag. (My letter to the editor of the NY Times is below). The article did raise many of...
A Tough Road Worth Taking
I had the privilege recently of guest blogging for our friends at Together for Adoption--some simple reflections on the way adoption and orphan care so often blend beauty and sorrow......