This was our first Christmas with family numbered in double digits. Nanci and I are deeply grateful for our wonderful daughters, our awesome sons-in-law and our four priceless grandsons. Including Jack, little Santa.  

The following is an excerpt from a paper that was written to define the guiding principles and corresponding best practices concerning the care of orphans under Action International Ministries.

This paper is written to define the guiding principles and corresponding best practices concerning the care of orphans.

Fifty Christian agencies in Great Britain sought to rescue thousands of orphaned boys and girls on the streets and in work houses from the years 1870 to about 1920.

In 1999, Randy Alcorn spoke at the Generous Giving Conference on the subject of money and giving. In this clip, he was a part of a panel discussion with others. 

USAID estimates there will be nearly three million orphans (2,886,000) in Malawi and Zambia by the end of 1999.

When one of my students in an ethics class at Multnomah Bible College paraphrased Scripture on the subject of children, it inspired me to do the same. One of these statements is from God (Psalm 128:3-5), the others from a godless world. Can you choose which?