When Love is Enough
“Heidi, please come,” Samir said in the best, broken English he could muster. “We need your help. I want to fill out a job application. I need a job. But I can’t understand this form.” Since English is something I [...]
4 Ways the Church Can Respond in a Disaster
In April, a cyclone devastated a small village along the coastline in northern Myanmar. Every family in the village – 65 families in all –suffered damage to their homes. Their roofs were gone. The school as well was damaged and [...]
Those Who Inspire Us: TCT Partners in Southeast Asia
How do you reach an unreached people group? There’s lots of deep thinkers creating deep thoughts on the topic. But what happens when the people that are reaching out to the unreached people group haven’t had the opportunity of training [...]
Biblical Business – Azizi Life
On of the things that stood out to us in chapter two of Generous Justice was this passage (pg 30): But what do the gleaning laws reveal to us about God’s will for our relationships? Why was it that landowners were [...]
Vulnerable Children Prayer Brief
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 [...]
Adoption In America
“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 [...]
Generous Justice Read Along
Throughout the months of June and July, we will be doing our first read along. We will be taking eight weeks to explore the book Generous Justice by Timothy Keller. Here’s how it works: Each week we will be focusing [...]
Embrace Oregon
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 [...]
Kids and Duct Tape
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 [...]
The Heartbreak of Foster Care
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 [...]