| 721. | | Starting and growing your church adoption support ministry: A Guide for Leaders.
By Gerald & Maureen Clark
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| 722. | | "No, your eyes were not playing tricks on you when you read the title of this post. Orphan care is not what I do. It is what Jesus does. Here is what I mean (are you ready for a quick ... |
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| 723. | | The use of a "Time Out" has been popular for many years as parents look for effective ways to discipline and train their child. Typically this approach is used to isolate a child for a period of ... |
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| 724. | | As most adoptive parents are aware, a secure attachment is key to a child’s healthy development. Attachment is defined as a child’s bond to a caregiver based on the caregiver’s sensitivity and ... |
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| 725. | | This article offers great encouragement for anyone who has ever despaired that simply visiting orphans is not enough:
A Curious Injunction
The response to orphans in the New American Standard ... |
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| 726. | | Many thousands of children in the United States in foster care need adoptive families—children who cannot return safely to their birth parents, who do not have extended family members who ... |
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The transcript/slideshow presentation of Christian Alliance for Orphan's recent webinar is now available for those who weren't able to view it live, or would like to reference it again. The ... |
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| 728. | | The school experience is an important aspect in the life of a child. And yet, school often presents unique and sometimes unexpected challenges for both children and parents in adoptive and foster ... |
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| 729. | | Listen to the audio from the Pure Religion Conference in Cary, NC. Speakers were Dan Cruver, Stephen Davey, Sean Cordell, and Tony Merida.
Listen to the audio ... |
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| 730. | | This article by Michael Monroe from the June 2011 edition of Adoption Today addresses the topic of adoptive fatherhood:
As an adoptive dad I’ve come to the place that I can easily acknowledge that ... |
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| 731. | | Gentling represents a new paradigm in the therapeutic approach to children who have experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and have acquired Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a ... |
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| 732. | | Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is pleased to present 52 Ways to Talk About AdoptionSM, a unique card game for adoptive families. Created by our adoption-competent staff, whose ... |
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| 733. | | Some evangelicals talk as though personal evangelism and public justice are contradictory concerns, or, at least, that one is part of the mission of the church and the other isn’t. I think ... |
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| 734. | | A recent Huffington Post article articulately addressed, The “Aging Out” Dilemma Plaguing the Foster Care System. Although perhaps missing some of the most important potential ... |
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| 735. | | This groundbreaking study by the CDC examines HIV rates among orphans and homeless youth in Ukraine.
Read the abstract and the ... |
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| 736. | | How does it happen that two people can be experiencing the same circumstances and conditions on their mission trip, and one person is having a great time, while the other is miserable as can be? And ... |
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| 737. | | Learn about Tony and Lauren Dungy's adoption story and their invitation to pastors and ministry leaders to care for ... |
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This video tells the story of Karrington, a girl from Oklahoma who spent years in the foster system before finally receiving her forever ... |
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| 739. | | Road-tested with over 400 families, Before You Were Mine equips adoptive parents to celebrate and commemorate their adopted children’s birth stories. Parents will benefit from practical worksheets ... |
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| 740. | | According to many studies, the average church-attending young person is more likely to not stay, than to remain. Before They Say Goodbye is a proactive project to help parents, leaders, and pastors ... |
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