A Plea to Pastors & Church Leaders
Dear Pastor & Church Leaders, I know that orphan care is difficult. I know that foster care is extremely intimidating. I know that you are only human and have limitations. I know that your schedule is straining and challenging because you are running point for the rest of us in this spiritual battle. I know […]
Important Elements of a Global Orphan Care Team
I believe the Church has the opportunity to turn the orphan crisis on its head. I really do. But there are so many bad mission trip practices that we, as the Church, need to leave behind. I’m not going to start a list, but I will mention a couple. 1. We would never say […]
#CAFO 2014
If there is one orphan care conference that you should consider attending this year, it is this one. It’s called the Summit Conference, hosted by the Christian Alliance for Orphans. This year, the conference will take place at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago, IL on May 1-2, 2014. Patch Our Planet will have a […]
Rachel’s Drawing
My daughter, Rachel, is 6 years old. She has a real heart for orphans. Like many children, she longs to help orphans in some way, but she finds it difficult to know how to help them. This past weekend, we had the privilege of sharing at the Awakening conference in Venice, FL. We decided, at […]
Guilt by Dissociation (early excerpt from upcoming book)
In Psychology, dissociation is a term used to describe an experience of having one’s attention and emotions detached from the reality in their environment. This could be a stretch, but I think that many of our church leaders in particular struggle with “Guilt by Dissociation“ when it comes to orphan care. What in the world are […]
Calling all Shepherds
Who will look after this ONE? One child, among so many….. There is a large flock that sits in an open field surrounded on all sides by an enemy. There are over 153 million in this flock. The enemy is a wolf and he comes in many different forms. There is only one way to […]
Families for Children Conference Take-Aways
Recently, I spent the day with some great advocates at the Christian Alliance for Orphan’s conference titled, “Families for Children”. Let me take a moment to share some of the valuable principles I learned while there. Hopefully, there will be an idea that you can grab onto and make a difference in your context. Who’s […]
Christian Alliance for Orphans
This week, Patch Our Planet joined the Christian Alliance for Orphans. Click here and then scroll down the list to see Patch Our Planet. Let me tell you why I am so excited to be a part of this great movement. They are a non-denominational organization. So are we. They are gospel-driven. So are […]
Reward Deferred
Ever heard of the phrase, “Pay now and Play later“? Dave Ramsey (and others) have made that phrase popular in the last decade. Dave has done a great job teaching people how to get out of debt, and he’s done a great job of helping so many people find financial freedom. That phrase is […]
The Day You Left Everything to Chase Your Dream
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Imagine what life would be for you if you just picked up and left your current job to go and chase your dream. How would you handle that? With fear? Excitement? It would be kind of […]
