I remember thinking as a teenager, “It’s beautiful to give gifts to each other at Christmas, to remind each of us of the gift we have been given. But what about a gift for Christ? What do I give Him?” That thought has followed me through every Christmas since: What is my gift for Christ …
Post Theme: The Unspeakable Gift Often in our hurried culture, we hear people talking about their dread for the busyness of the Christmas season. People say they can’t wait until Christmas is over. They talk about how Christmas is just another commercialized holiday. Others dread Christmas shopping or the pressure to finish making their gifts. …
Post Theme: Fill A Sock For Christ Do you have any orphan socks? Well, don’t throw them away just yet. We’ve found a really good use for them. In fact, your orphan sock could change the world for a whole bunch of people. In 2010, I was in Kenya helping a group of school children …
Every year, the red buckets and ringing bells come out. The advertisements, the pleas, and the opportunities to give overwhelm us. Knowing where to give, how our investment will be spent, and what the goal of each project is can be confusing—daunting even. This is one reason we’re so careful about how we approach the …
Post Theme: God’s Provision for the 2018 Backpacks. When Things Seem Impossible Last week, I sat in the FTN office completely overwhelmed. A week and a half earlier, we looked at our list of children needing school supplies. We also looked at our budget and the response we’d had of people wanting to pitch in …
Post Theme: A personal glimpse – I want to call you Mama. Flies swarmed all around me, their never-ending buzzing sending a tickling sensation across the back of my neck. The scent of warm manure and sour milk drifted in on the hot breeze that blew through the open doors and mingled with the smell …
Post theme: A Father’s Day Call to Valor The story is told of a little baby who was born and abandoned. She was left in a field, unwashed and uncared for. No one wrapped her in a blanket or held her close in those first precarious moments of life. People passed by. They saw …
Post Theme: Learning and Praying Together – Ministry Update, March 2018 “And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said… And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. …Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I …
2018 is off and running! It seems time moves faster every day. This year, things got off to an unexpected start at FTN. While it certainly wasn’t without its stresses, it has been a joy to see God show Himself Strong. In January, we received word that StateFund would be conducting a standard, end-of-the-first-year audit. …
Year in Review It’s that time of year when we step back and look at all God has done while, at the same time, looking forward to what He is about to do. Last year, was a busy year at Forbid Them Not, starting in March with the Forum on Fatherlessness. We are so grateful …
