For Love’s Sake weaves the real-life stories of two young women—Jessica J. Davis and Mary the mother of Jesus—into a supernatural adventure. Both women took big leaps of faith to journey deeper ...
This article from www.viva.org gives five great ideas for how to reach out to kids around you as well as those across the world at Christmas.
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LIVE in the STORY is a half-day or full-day, church-based event that is designed to take Christians deeper into God’s story of adoption. God’s work of adoption is a story that encompasses all ...
Wondering about the specific adoption/foster care rules and guidelines for your state? Now you can find out! Scroll to the bottom of the following page and you'll find a map of the US ...
When experienced parents decide to adopt an older child or a sibling group, they jump through all kinds of bureaucratic hoops background checks, interviews, group meetings, reading assignments, ...
Nearly forty years after researchers first sought to determine the effects, if any, on children adopted by families whose racial or ethnic background differed from their own, the debate over ...
Dr. Karyn Purvis was one of the keynote speakers at the 2010 Together for Adoption Conference in Austin, Texas. During her talk, she encouraged the nearly 1,000 participants that were gathered to ...
Children from hard places have been impacted, often significantly, by their histories. These impacts vary, but often include changes in their brain development and brain chemistry. In addition, ...
We believe it is critically important that parents who are preparing to adopt or foster a child must be honest and realistic about the journey and the challenges that lie ahead. Just as Jesus in ...
The Story of Jesus for Children, adapted from the original "JESUS" movie classic, will give every child, both churched and unchurched, a chance to see and hear the gospel in a way he/she can ...
One of the most often overlooked aspects of the adoption and foster care journey is the need for parents to turn the focus on themselves in terms of dealing with their own past hurts and losses, ...
A 2002 nationwide survey commissioned by The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption revealed many interesting things regarding Americans’ views and attitudes about adoption. One finding was ...
