Recently, I attended the Empowered to Connect conference, led by Dr. Karyn Purvis and sponsored by Show Hope. It was two days packed full of powerful information for those who parent and work with children who come from hard places, especially through foster care and adoption. Resources can be found at the Empowered to Connect website.
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When you feel called to something—when you are committed to an idea so strongly—how do you respond when everything seems to be moving so slowly?
How do you make sense of God’s timing with your adoption when all you seem to do is wait?
There are so many children in the world who need homes, right?
143 million [...]
As a part of our ongoing Weekly Updates from the Experts, it is our hope to introduce, on occasion, children who are currently in our care. It’s important to us at Buckner for the public to know and love these children as much as we do!
While the following information contained in this child profile is [...]
The writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us that “two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.” In other words, it’s much easier to go through this when you have support. This can be especially true for families who are on the adoption journey.
To better serve these families, Buckner Children and [...]
Buckner Children and Family Services in Beaumont, Texas, has a longstanding history of providing care for children who desperately need families. The history of our work in this area has been focused on those children who need a more therapeutic approach to their care – children who come to us with harrowing histories marked by trauma and abuse.
Stan’s [...]
