For the Church Pure Religion in James 1:27: Thoughts on Foster Care and Christian Spiritual Formation I’ve written before about my struggles with foster care. It’s revealed some dark truths about my own heart that I would have preferred not be there. It’s been over a year now that Andrew*… Russ Meek April 1, 2020
ERLC God is Father to the Fatherless, So Christians Must Love the Fatherless among Us The United States Census Bureau reports that more than one out of every four children in the United States lives without a father—biological, adoptive, or step—in their home. Children without fathers are at a substantially higher… Russ Meek March 22, 2020
The Day My Foster Son Leaned into Me Andrew[1] can’t articulate why he doesn’t trust me, but his body knows. Where my other two sons, both around his age, will lean against me while we watch TV (I know, parent… Russ Meek March 5, 2020
Servants of Grace Fostering Hospitality We both knew that we wanted to foster and/or adopt children long before we met each other and were married ten years ago. Neither of us knew just how much it would stretch and strengthen our ability to be hospitable, to love our neighbors as ourselves. Russ Meek October 21, 2019
