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Trent Taylor – A Changed Life Who’s Changing Lives
Over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of a growing friendship with a remarkable young man named Trent Taylor. Trent is just a couple years out of high...
Beautiful Reflections from an Adoptee
I found myself truly moved today watching a short video from a young woman adopted as a child from Romania, Chelsea Sobolik. In it, she reflects on her life journey...
How Has COVID-19 Impacted the Most Vulnerable Children in America?
Since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, child advocates have warned that the isolation, economic impact, and other consequences of lockdowns could hit vulnerable children especially hard. Studies on what has...
The CAFO2021 Theme in a Single Word?
In the book, The Great Divorce, CS Lewis’ imaginative portrait of hell contains no horns or pitchforks. Rather, what gives the netherworld such horror is the utter separation. Its residents...
One last unexpected for 2020… And a look ahead to 2021
Unexpecteds defined 2020, from masks to toilet paper runs, canceled church to at-home school. Many of these unexpecteds carried loss, some of it beyond words. And yet, as always is...
Why #9 Matters So Much to This College Football Player
In a year of unexpected things, this has to be one of my very favorite: a 2-minute football story that somehow makes you both laugh and cry at the same...