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 [...]
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 [...]
