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Foster care places parents in the sacred role of stewarding something precious. While the journey may...
Foster care is, at its core, a ministry of presence: opening your home so a child can experience...
Every child deserves a home full of hope, safety, and care. Yet for thousands of children across Georgia...
Foster care is more than a program—for most, it’s a calling. It’s stepping into the gap for children who...
On a regular Monday morning, I received an email from Margaret, one of our missionaries serving in the Middle East...
I first met with Janet on a balmy September day in south Louisiana. My husband and I had...
Have you ever ridden a bike or an electric scooter from one sidewalk to the next? Maybe you’ve...
Before offering my own definition for trauma, I’d like to provide some working definitions from...
Psychology Today defines resilience as “the ineffable quality that allows some people to be knocked down by life...
As a black child growing up in the south, I became very accustomed to the importance of...
Many consider serving in the field of foster care and child welfare a calling — they say...
Christmas is a beautiful time of year. It is the season where we set aside time...
Stand Sunday started back in 2002 with a pastor at a church in Texas. As the recollection...
This profound statement resonated with me for days and even weeks after the encounter...
When children are placed in loving, stable Christian homes, the whole direction of their lives...
William’s life had always been a little chaotic. His mom was unable to care for him...
When we hear the word adoption, joy, excitement and love usually spring into our hearts and minds...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and at WinShape Homes place high value on the mental health...
Maybe you have been thinking about fostering for years and now God’s tug on your heart...
Doug and Julie Bowling served as house parents for WinShape Homes for thirty-two years...
As a child growing up in the State of Kansas, I became aware of the lack of diversity that...
Welcome to 2021. Can we all breathe a collective sigh of relief and gratitude that God sustained us...
As WinShape places an even greater emphasis on cultural competency and diversity, equity and belonging...
The number of children living with someone other than a biological parent has become an increasing concern. Reports indicate...
Have you ever ridden a bike or an electric scooter from one sidewalk to the next? Maybe you've...
As the months went by, we started to get our feet under us, and we began to find some new daily rhythms...
Over the last three weeks, our world has been turned upside down. What was unthinkable has happened...
It is week 2, day 3 of social distancing at the Sturgess household. We are finally settling into our new normal...
The worldwide outbreak of coronavirus has led to some intentional changes for all of us...
What is the difference between empathy and sympathy? By definition, empathy requires one to place....
In order to truly know where we are going, we must learn to embrace our past. When we know better...
The root of the word trauma is derived from Greek and means “rupture or tear.” When understood from the standpoint...
Over 15 years ago, my wife and I found one question lingering in our minds: Why foster....
On a regular Monday morning, I received a call from Margaret, one of our missionaries serving in the Middle East...
What does it look like to live out true discipleship when foster care call us beyond...
In part two, Peter Mutabazzi dives deeper into countercultural parenting, exploring how trauma...
