End a Need
Chief Executive Orphan
December 10, 2025
Why True Compassion Works to Eliminate the Need Itself Given the choice to meet a need or end a need,
Why True Compassion Works to Eliminate the Need Itself Given the choice to meet a need or end a need,
There is a peculiar wisdom that rises from the margins, the sort of wisdom that rarely earns invitations to podiums
Let go, or get dragged. There comes a moment when your loyalty to others can’t come at the expense of
Every time a state social worker has to step into a family’s private life, that’s on us. Each time taxpayers
Those of us learning to live as recovering orphans often ache to prove that our lives have meaning. We hustle
Those of us struggling with an antagonizing orphan spirit have a strong need to be needed. We hopelessly want to
Sometimes it’s not possible to keep a child with their family, and that is certainly a tragedy. Maybe it’s the
Here’s an inconvenient truth: Many of the institutions charged with the care and protection of our future — our children
Do children belong to their parents or to their communities? Are children citizens of a society, or private members of
Some say poverty is the mother of all social problems. Some say that sin’s the cause, and some say the
Why True Compassion Works to Eliminate the Need Itself Given the choice to meet a need or end a need,
There is a peculiar wisdom that rises from the margins, the sort of wisdom that rarely earns invitations to podiums
Let go, or get dragged. There comes a moment when your loyalty to others can’t come at the expense of
Every time a state social worker has to step into a family’s private life, that’s on us. Each time taxpayers
Those of us learning to live as recovering orphans often ache to prove that our lives have meaning. We hustle
Those of us struggling with an antagonizing orphan spirit have a strong need to be needed. We hopelessly want to
Sometimes it’s not possible to keep a child with their family, and that is certainly a tragedy. Maybe it’s the
Here’s an inconvenient truth: Many of the institutions charged with the care and protection of our future — our children
Do children belong to their parents or to their communities? Are children citizens of a society, or private members of
Some say poverty is the mother of all social problems. Some say that sin’s the cause, and some say the
