Vulnerable Children: They’re Everywhere. Yesterday, my five-year-old stated at dinner, “The kids in my class said, ‘Your dad is so cool. We wish we had dads too.’” This haunts me. Turns out, one little girl’s dad has died, while two [...]
All children are loved by God and created in His image. Each child is unique, created according to God’s design and a part of His plan. Scripture has given us a model for how children should develop and grow in [...]
Matt was a pastor of one of our very first TCT churches. He was passionate about seeing change in his village and eagerly attended every training we had to offer. After one of the trainings one thing really stuck in [...]
“When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman…under the law, to redeem those…under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” -Galatians 4:4-5 I love the parallel between adoption and becoming [...]
What do you think of when you hear the word adoption or orphan? When I think about adoption, I envision a family that has gone through hours and hours of paperwork, excitement and tears to bring a child into their [...]
Embrace Oregon is a movement asking the key question, “What would it look like if we as a community lived into embracing the most vulnerable children among us?” And it’s no mystery where the most vulnerable children in our community go [...]
When I was asked a few weeks ago to write a blog for people interested in finding more information about foster care I was a little nervous. I am the first to admit that foster care, though I am an [...]
When I was a new foster parent a few years ago, I was introduced to an analogy that has changed the way I think about vulnerable children. The analogy is simple: Children are like duct tape. It’s a lesson that [...]
As we write on the topic of foster care, I’ve been doing some research to understand the issue better. The results have been shocking. In 2012, there were approximately 400,000 children in the foster care system in the U.S.[1] In [...]
This is a re-post of a blog written by our friends over at Daddy’s Tractor. You can read the original post here. I’ve gotten a lot of questions recently: lots of funny looks and tiny head shakes. Its not something I [...]
