CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS
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All is Gift: Return from a Two Month Sabbatical
I returned this week from two months of sabbatical. (You can read a bit more on the purpose of this time HERE.) I’ll confess I feared re-entry might carry a...
Southern African Leaders Gather for the Fatherless
Sixty leaders from thirteen nations in Southern Africa gathered recently in Pretoria, South Africa. The Southern Africa Leadership Forum, coordinated by Together Africa Without Orphans (TAWO), was designed to motivate...
Turning the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children
The simple role of father is to give provision and protection for his family. But Fatherhood goes much deeper – developing the spiritual, intellectual, emotional and financial well-being of the...
What Meeting My Wife for the First Time Taught Me About Ministry Leadership
I knew I was going to marry my wife the first time I met her. True story. After walking her to class on our college campus and wrapping up our first conversation...
Building Local Capacity through Short Term Missions
It’s mid-summer in the US, and that means hundreds, if not thousands, of Christians are departing and returning from short-term missions around the world. Many of these teams visit orphans...
Happy Independence Day! Or is it?
Throughout their young lives, we prepare our children for independence. From a young age, we teach them to be careful around strangers, look both ways before crossing the street, and...
