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CAFO2018: The Rare and Beautiful Fruit of Unity
Each morning, my five kids and I read a passage of Scripture and discuss it over breakfast. We enjoyed John 17 yesterday alongside our oatmeal, and camped out on the...
Short Term Missions and Vulnerable Children: New Guidance from the Christian Alliance for Orphans
Like many things today, opinions on the topic of short-term missions can be fierce. Advocates for short-term missions view the blend of travel-and-service as transformative, both for those who go...
4 Take-Aways from an Ugly Story
The Times of London recently released an article I’d consider essential reading for any person desiring to engage deep needs in our world’s most broken places. “How the Global Aid...
“No Matter What” Love
Dogs are the best. We leave Dogs for 8-10 hours during the day, return home, dump a scoop of dried horse meat in their bowl and they treat us like...
What Matters Most? A CAFO2018 Manifesto
The great blessing of our era is also its great curse: boundless choices. Manifesto? Sounds grandiose, and we're not much for that here. But the depth of the problem calls...
Research Finds Significant Adoption & Foster Care Engagement in US Churches
Lifeway Research last week released findings of new research on American churches with the headline, “Adoption, Foster Care Commonplace in Churches.” The research found that about 4 in 10 Protestant...