Write Out the Vision
God instructs us through the prophet Habakkuk to write out the vision…are you ready to wage war for your children?
The Oak Life Journal
Category: Article
How To Start Your Own Quality Assessments
A new door has opened for directors to assess the quality of their own shelters…here are the four categories of measurement.
Should We Cancel Orphanages?
Organizations are actively working to shut down orphanages. Is there any validity to this strategy?
From the Editor: Building Family in a Shelter
Edition: May | Jun 2023
Is it possible for an orphanages to look like a family?
Ask Ann: Connecting Is Everything
Ann Answers: Connecting with all the children in my shelter is so difficult. It it really necessary if their placement is probably temporary?
From the Editor: Revival
Edition: Mar | Apr 2023
From Central Kentucky to children’s shelters worldwide…God is not done wooing mankind.
Preciousness Lost: The Cosmological Problem of Orphan Care
This has changed the way I understand both the vastness of our worlds, and also the small but important work we do with children. The two are eternally intertwined.
Ask Ann: The Therapist
Ann Answers: What’s your thought on children’s shelters contracting full-time therapists?
Give Me Your Eyes
“I started to pour my heart out to God concerning what had happened earlier in the day with that child. ‘Why is she acting in this way? Why does this hurt so much?'”
The Issue of Consent in Alternative Care Research
Are children in alternative care being coerced into behavioral research against their will? Here’s some protective suggestions for orphanage directors.
