by Stephen Grcevich MD | Apr 4, 2016 | Adoption, Advocacy, Culture of Life, Key Ministry, Leadership, Strategies
Orphan Sunday is recognized and celebrated in thousands of churches, large and small, here in the U.S. and beyond. It’s incredibly cool to see the church “being the church” through encouraging and supporting faithful families offering the world’s most vulnerable...
by Key Ministry | Apr 4, 2016 | Foster Care, Shannon Dingle
Recently the AP reported that for the first time in more than 10 years, foster care numbers rose slightly in 2013 and more sharply last year. We should be unsettled by this news, which you can read in full here. But how can we respond? First, these numbers...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Apr 4, 2016 | Advocacy, Families, Key Ministry, Mental Health
Several years ago, I wrote about a significant study from Edward B. Rogers, Matthew Stanford and Diana Garland from Baylor University examining the effects of mental illness on families within faith communities. I’d like to take a closer look at some of the key...
by Key Ministry | Apr 4, 2016 | Adoption, Advocacy, Foster Care, Hidden Disabilities, Key Ministry, PTSD
By Shannon Dingle I want the answer to be yes. Oh, how much I want that! But scientific research shows it’s not true. Before I unpack that, though, let’s talk about trauma. I’ve written about it from an adoption and foster care perspective, but other kids...
by Key Ministry | Apr 4, 2016 | Adoption, Families, Foster Care, Key Ministry, Strategies
Children cry. Children have meltdowns. Children sometimes push or shove or hit. Kids act out from time to time. Some kids shut down when disciplined or even simply when an adult talks directly to them at all. I could go on, but you get the picture. Many...
