From the Editor: Revival
Edition: Mar | Apr 2023
From Central Kentucky to children’s shelters worldwide…God is not done wooing mankind.
March 3, 2023
Latest Resources
March | April 2023
Articles Included:
• From the Editor: "Revival"
• Give Me Your Eyes...
• Ask Ann: "The Therapist"
• Preciousness Lost: The Cosmological Problem of Orphan Care
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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.
March 3, 2023
Ask Ann: The Therapist
Ann Answers: What’s your thought on children’s shelters contracting full-time therapists?
March 3, 2023
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?'”
March 2, 2023
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.
December 30, 2022
Welcome to Orphan Care: A Student Perspective
An Oak Life Student offers her perspective on beginning a life in orphan care: “I thought I knew how to work in orphan care….how hard could it be?”
December 30, 2022
