I stopped by the local homeless shelter the other night to take part in the evening chapel service. Our small group leads the service once each quarter and that evening was our turn. As I sat in the seat looking [...]
In the introduction to his book Generous Justice, Tim Keller begins with a description of the people for whom he wrote the book. The first person he describes is young Christians who are interested in social justice. He says: “While many [...]
I love to read. In the average year I read about 100 books. Despite that, when Tessa suggested that we do a read along, it took me less than 2 seconds to suggest Generous Justice. As we have reread it, [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
