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I’m at !dea Camp with many other Alliance friends. The energy here is palpable. I’ll be one of the folks interviewed as part of this morning’s plenary. You can join us via the live webcast at http://live.mediasocial.tv/theideacamp or watch here: Watch live streaming video from newsongglobal at livestream.com
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Loving Foster Youth Even When You Can’t Be a Foster Parent
A friend of mine named Stasia is 29 and has just been married for a year and a half, but I heard her express recently that she considers herself to be the parent of a 21-year old. I couldn’t help wanting to hear more, and Stasia explained that seven years ago, she’d moved back home [...]
Daytona Winner Raises Banner for Christ and Orphans
The media has been abuzz with reports of Trevor Bayne, the 20-year-old driver who won Sunday’s Daytona 500. Trevor is the youngest Daytona 500 winner in history. Even better is the fact that he’ll be sharing a portion of his $1.4 million prize to help orphans through Back2Back Ministries, a highly-respected member of the Christian [...]
Get A Glimpse of Summit Keynote Speakers
From workshops to plenary sessions, this year’s Summit features many of the most compelling and knowledgeable voices in the Christian adoption and orphan care movement. Catch an early look at eight speakers whose keynote remarks will complement the 75+ nuts-and-bolts workshops planned for Summit VII! Russell Moore Russell D. Moore is the Senior Vice President [...]
Steven Curtis Chapman Alliance Video Short
In case you missed it, we thought we’d post the great new Alliance Video Short featuring Steven Curtis Chapman, who shares what he sees when churches begin to embrace adoption and orphan care ministry. As this blog often explores, the transformation that happens goes far beyond the lives of children in need: it grows our [...]
Fathers & Sons Standing for the Fatherless Together…from the Gridiron
When a good friend and orphan advocate, Greg Buzek, mentioned in an email today that he was on heavy pain killers, I had to ask why. It was the “Father & Son Bowl,” he explained, “ruptured my patella tendon going for an interception.” Despite the surgery awaiting him on Valentine’s Day, Greg wasn’t angry. And [...]
Empowered to Connect
As discussed previously, it’s my conviction that the single most pressing challenge facing the growing Christian foster care and adoption movement is the need for increased church support for families struggling with challenges of loving children from difficult places. The best work being done on this front is led by our friends Dr. Karyn Purvis [...]
Idea Camp Turns Focus to Orphans
Another signal of the growing desire among Christians to “defend the cause of the fatherless”—and to do so wisely and well—is the array of new orphan-focused conferences that are slated for 2011. Of course, conferences may or may not carry significant long-term impact. But if well designed, such gatherings can stimulate serious discussion of key [...]
Kendall and Tommy’s Wedding Gift
This video needs no commentary, but perhaps to lift up a prayer that the heart it reflects would only continue to grow in God’s people. May Christians be known indeed as—in the KJV language—a “peculiar people;” doing things that don’t fit with the world’s typical ways or customs when there is an opportunity to give [...]
U.S. Department of State Releases Annual Adoption Report
The U.S. Department of State yesterday released its 2010 Annual Report on Intercountry Adoptions. In Fiscal Year 2010, the U.S. Government issued 11,059 immigrant visas to children adopted by U.S. citizen adopting parents. These children immigrated to the United States from over 100 different countries and found new homes in all 50 states. The number [...]
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