Learning More About Foster Care
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 [...]
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 [...]
What Have We Done ‘For the Least of These’?
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Vulnerable Teen Finds New Life
As we focus on the topic of vulnerable children this month, my thoughts turn to the ministry of the Wholistic Development Center (WDC). Students at WDC come from a variety of backgrounds, with many of the same struggles faced by [...]
Welcoming Jesus In A Vulnerable Child
What did Moses, Esther and Jesus all have in common??? Moses was found in basket and raised by one of Pharaoh’s daughters. Esther was raised by her cousin after her parents’ death and became a beautiful queen that God used [...]
The Most Unlikely Foster Mum
One of the greatest joys of my life is a boy called Binh. Binh entered my life seven years ago in the midst of complete chaos. I was running two programs with over 700 churches involved, writing training materials day [...]
Restoring Our Attitude to Self
Many of us from an early age learn to wear ‘masks’ to hide who we really are in an attempt to make others like and respect us. We may hide our weaknesses and flaws, but in reality, we are not [...]
Reconciliation with One Another
For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” Galatians 5:14 I love to simplify. Much of my job for the last 10 years has been to take less than easy concepts and teach [...]
Reconciliation with Creation
I remember sitting in the back of a car traveling through the mountains of Bolivia when my driver, a professing Christian, finished his yogurt snack and chucked the empty yogurt container out of his window. I was appalled! How could [...]