Edition: March | April 2023

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The Oak Life Journal is a publication designed specifically for orphanage directors, caregivers and advocates. Topics include international orphan care news, orphanage frameworks and administration, as well as practical applications of therapeutic care and alternative caregiving perspectives.

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From the Editor

"Revival"

By Cameron Talbot • 2 min read

From Central Kentucky to children's shelters worldwide...God is not done wooing mankind.

Give Me Your Eyes...

By Ysabel Rodriguez • 3 min read

"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?'"

Ask Ann

Who's The Therapist?

By Ann Houck • 3 min read

Clinical Social Worker, Ann Houck, answers the critical questions that caregivers are asking about childcare.

Ann Answers: What's your thought on children's shelters contracting full-time therapists?

Preciousness Lost

The Cosmological Problem of Orphan Care

By Cameron Talbot • 4 min read

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.

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