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4 Lessons From Jesus on Fulfilling Our Greatest Calling: To Love Them to the End

“… Jesus knew His hour had come that he should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” John…
Adoption & Foster Care
In The Hard Places, When You Want to Hide – Don’t.

I’ve found myself in the hard place. The place where hard, painful decisions have to be made. The place where the committed part of me is at war with the exhausted…
Adoption & Foster Care
8 Phrases Foster & Adopted Children Need to Hear

We’ve all seen Tarzan – the orphaned child raised by apes who spends his whole childhood thinking he’s an ape only to discover that he’s a man. As the movie…
Adoption & Foster Care Family
Keep Going: You CAN Do This.

There are days that it’s difficult. Meltdowns. Rage. Rejection. Arguments. Hurt. We’ve all heard the phrase, “Hurting people hurt people.” It rolls off the tongue. It’s easy to say, much harder…
Adoption & Foster Care Family
All We Need is Love

One of the questions that I ask when teaching and training potential foster/adoptive parents is, “What do you think is the most critical thing you’ll need to be successful in your…

4 Lessons From Jesus on Fulfilling Our Greatest Calling: To Love Them to the End