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Room at the Table

“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.” Luke 24:30 NIV These words were ...

Blocked Care: How to Help Discouraged Adoptive Parents Regain Compassion

This month we wanted to take the time to direct you to a resource that we have found valuable. "Many parents we work with through The Ado...

De-Escalating a Meltdown

My passion for vulnerable children for “children from hard places” began when my sister adopted a precious little girl from Vietnam 20 ye...

Welcoming and Accommodating Special Needs in Church

We often talk about how not everyone is called to foster or adopt, but we are all called to participate in some way in caring for vulnera...

Recognizing and Reporting Abuse and Neglect

When COVID-19 unexpectedly invaded our world, life changed very quickly. Lockdowns were put into place across most of the United States. ...

Times of Crisis and SAFE Families

One of Bethany Christian Services' many programs that helps children is called Safe Families. When parents are going through a crisis, yo...

Learning to Love

Since I can remember, I have always had a special place in my heart for working with children. This led me to pursue a nursing degree, sp...

Easy Ways to Help Adoptive Families

The adoption process can take years of blood, sweat, and tears. This is not to mention endless stacks of seemingly redundant paperwork, c...

No Crying He Makes

The carol describes the baby Jesus as he was soothed by his mother, "little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes." The cries of an infant are ...

Love without Borders

My life has not turned out as I thought it would. I thought by now, I would be married with 2.5 kids, struggling to balance being a past...

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