Hope for Orphans has created a primer on foster care that's designed to familiarize Christians with the U.S. foster care system and the biblical call to care for orphans. Safe ...
Pastor Rick discusses why Orphan Care is a Signature Issue of Saddleback Church and what every church can do for the orphan Pastor Rick discusses why Orphan Care is a Signature Issue of Saddleback ...
Today, over 130 million children have lost one or both parents, and every 18 seconds, another child in the world becomes an orphan. In America, 107,000 children in the foster care system are ...
ReMoved is about a 9-year-old girl's emotional journey through being taken from her birth home and placed in the foster care system. The producers created this short narrative film with the desire ...
Thirteen years ago as I prepared for the adoption of my first daughter I, like many other parents, embarked upon reading every piece of “helpful” guidance that I could find. The plethora of ...
In many Bibles, Christ's words are set apart with a red font. It should be obvious, but this distinction helps remind us that when God becomes Man and that Man speaks it's probably something we ...
From Jedd Medefind of CAFO: "My friend Doug Sauder, President of CAFO member 4KIDS of South Florida, recently shared with me a profound letter. It was written by a woman who served families ...
Watch as Dr. Purvis provides practical insight to parents about how they can effectively correct their children while still empowering and connecting with them.
Parenting Strategies That ...
Why am I not a more joyful parent? Why aren’t my kids turning out as I expected? Why do I always feel as if I’m not doing enough for my children?
Is Parenting Supposed to Be This Difficult?
As a ...
Who is this child?
I heard once that personhood can be defined in three parts: (1) Identity, (2)Acceptance, (3) Approval. This intrigued me, as I have become increasingly convinced that ...
"You will find that we speak a lot about identity in this blog. Stephen wrote a post about it in March (you can read it here) and I’d like to continue the thought. One of the most important ...
How many parents have found themselves thinking: I can't believe I just said to my child the very thing my parents used to say to me! Am I just destined to repeat the mistakes of my parents? ...