I remember sitting next to my little foster son, rubbing his back as he drifted off to sleep. My love for him overwhelmed me and I wished with all of my heart that I could have been his biological mom. I wished that I could take all of his suffering and loss away. I wished … Continue reading Foster Care Month: A Focus on Foster Moms→
Maybe your church likes the idea of getting families involved in foster care, but you know that sometimes children in foster care have tough behaviors. Or perhaps you want to minister to families that have difficult histories, but again… those tough behaviors. Finding volunteers for children’s ministry programs is difficult enough, but what about when … Continue reading Ministry Leader Question: Children’s Tough Behaviors→
The thing about foster (and adoptive) parents (gotta love them!) is that they aren’t really great at asking for help. They are the helpers, the doers, the go to people. Most likely, the foster/adoptive parents in your church are already involved in ministry in some way. Because of that, these are the people that you … Continue reading Ministry Leader Question: How to help foster families?→
A few years ago (I’ll decline to tell you exactly how many) I set a goal to run a marathon (yes, the full 26.2 miles) before I turned 30 years old. I had run several half-marathons, so the natural progression was to run the full 26.2. It was an ambitious goal based on pride and … Continue reading Foster Care is not a Sprint→
