On Their Foster Care and Adoption Journeys
On Their Foster Care and Adoption Journeys
This entire website exists to encourage and support you - no matter where you are in your journey towards caring for the most vulnerable and marginalized around you. Whether you are an individual, a couple, a family, a church or organizational leader you’ll find books, blogs, videos and stories I hope will help you take your next best steps forward.
“For Foster Dads” is a four-module online series uniquely designed to encourage and inspire dads who are currently fostering, considering fostering or have had their family impacted forever by adoption because of fostering.
The Church has a unique capacity and calling to care for vulnerable children and families - and support those who do. Here you’ll find resources designed to encourage families, equip churches and empower organizations working in this space.
It is an honor to speak at many types of events including church services, conferences, retreats, organizational trainings, leadership workshops, fundraising banquets and more.
Is your church launching or leading a ministry? Is your organization looking for strategies to engage the Church more effectively, refine it’s messaging or develop more resources? I’d love to help.
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I grew up in the Dallas area most of my life and attended Texas A&M where I met my wife, Emily. We now have four daughters plus a “bonus” daughter and her sweet kids! We became foster parents in 2012. Everything’s changed since then.
Most things are slightly more complicated. Some things are significantly more. Frankly, life would be so much easier if we just didn’t do hard things. But, here we are. Going to the grocery store, choosing the restaurant we’ll eat at, where we will vacation, getting dressed for school or deciding what to eat for an afternoon snack - mundane tasks that require a deep amount of respect for the power they hold over us - to either go well or to leave you wishing things could just be easier. A simple outing you hoped would be quick and painless results in an episode of trauma that derails the entire day and leaves you feeling emotionally spent and utterly exhausted…