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 enthusiasm and certain there could not be a better location for next year’s Summit. Louisville is a beautiful city and will be in top shape […]
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Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman on Family Life All Week and Orphan Care Leaders Later in September
Paul Pennington at Family Life’s Hope for Orphans shared this great news with us about stories and interviews recorded at Summit VI in Minneapolis: Monday, August 30th through Friday, September 3rd, Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman will be guests on FamilyLife Today. As many of you know, the Chapmans adopted three girls from China […]
Mike Gerson on International Adoption
Mike Gerson, former chief speechwriter to President Bush, has a tremendous column on international adoption in today’s Washington Post. Mike has a reputation even among critics as not just a master communicator, but also both an incisive analyst of international issues and a devout Christian. During work-related travel in Zambia, we visited homes of AIDS […]
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 families meet the challenges of loving, nurturing and building strong relationships with children from hard places. In case you missed it, you can view it […]
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 community the center of care. This model now serves more than 1,000 youth in the Chicago area each year, and is now being replicated by […]
Catalyst Podcast on the Alliance and the Christian Orphan Movement
Earlier this year, I had the privilege of being interviewed by a friend, Ken Coleman, the voice of the highly popular Catalyst podcast series. Catalyst is a potent influencer of young pastors and other leaders, so it’s been exciting to see how Ken and other Catalyst leaders are using their platform to challenge Christian leaders […]