Everyone wants to belong and be part of a family. For teens in foster care, guidance and love can change everything.
Adoption
The importance of foster care and adoption is clear. As Christians, we are instructed to love and care for others. So, how will you make a difference?
Learning about the foster care system can seem like a daunting task. Where should you start? The best place to begin is with the journey of a child in foster care.
When I was growing up, Father’s Day was not a celebration to me. But the meaning of Father’s Day changed completely for me when I met Antwann. He welcomed me into the family. To my dad, Happy Father’s Day.
What if we could further journey with families, once adoption has been finalized, by offering Medical Care grants to help offset healthcare expenses?
I’m one of those people who typically shies away from hard things. Give up sugar for 30 days? No thanks, I’d rather not. Run a marathon? But why!?! Pursue my master’s degree? Nah! Become a foster mom? Me, really, Lord? God Asked Us to Foster As hard as it was even to start the process, …
Jason Johnson shares stories from his own foster parenting journey, such as the hard decisions and processes that he and his wife have had to go through, including the very real issues that come with relating to the birth parents of the children they are fostering.
“A child born to another woman calls me Mom. The magnitude of that tragedy and the depth of that privilege is not lost on me.” -Jody Landers
Open adoption involves, “contact between biological and adoptive parents and sometimes between biological parents and the adopted child.”
Mother’s Day, perhaps more than any other holiday, brings forth a host of emotions for each of us. Women hold the power to create and take life, and the bond between a mother and child is one of the most powerful forces that God created. The Lord designed a woman to be a vessel for …
