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Finding Your Something in Foster Care
My brother-in-law and I live in the same town. Attend the same church. Eat at the same restaurants. Play on the same softball team, hang out at the same family...
Why Sabbatical? Plunging into Two Fallow Months
My heart is full of gratitude as I plunge today into a two-month Sabbatical. This time comes as an immense gift. I pray it will be rich – perhaps in...
Seven Vital Gift Habits: What Can We Do To Grow Down?
A central theme of CAFO2016 was growing down before upward. (See the talk, “Growing Down.”) It's fair to ask, why would this matter for people already so committed to justice...
Is Your First Desire to Grow Upward…Or Down?
The CAFO2016 talk “Growing Down” explores why it is that, if we hope to persevere in long journeys of justice and mercy, we must grow down before we grow upward....
Three Reasons You Might Be Having Trouble Engaging Churches in Foster Care
One of the most common comments I’ve heard over the years from people trying to get their church or other churches engaged in foster care is that a certain church...
Something I’m Especially Thankful For (A Glimpse of What Embracing Children Really Should Look Like)
On Thanksgiving, here’s one thing I’m especially grateful for: seeing more and more people step up to support foster and adoptive families. The Bible’s call to care for vulnerable children...