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Full Plates

It was 2016 and I was on a 10 hour ride to Indianapolis to The Gospel Coalition National Conference. My car mates were two younger...

Consider the Benefit

Delaware Evangelical churches have more in common than their foundational belief in a Risen Savior. As you can see in the following...

More Than Enough

This month our partner and friend, Christine Robinson, of Foster Well has contributed to our blog to share an exciting new opportunity...

Repetition Implies Importance

Repetition is the key to many things in life. It takes 50 repetitions to build a new habit. It can take 10-20 times listening to a new...

What Foster Care Teaches Me & My Family

My wife, three children, and I are a resource family with a local foster care agency in Delaware. Our family has experienced this world...

The Church as Community

Much of 2020 was spent within the boundaries of our homes. Inside of the new daily routines, some of us found treasures hidden in the...

Living Hope

So much of life is spent waiting. Some of that waiting can be exciting: the anticipation of a holiday, the night before Christmas. Most...

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...

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...

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