We Matter
Chief Executive Orphan
November 25, 2025
Those of us learning to live as recovering orphans often ache to prove that our lives have meaning. We hustle
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
Parenting is ministry—arguably the greatest of all ministries. Raising God-fearing, compassionate, personally responsible, and character-driven children is one of the
Children are not raised by programs, governments, or institutions; they are raised by two parents who are fervently—perhaps even irrationally—devoted
When I was a kid, silence was always welcome but rarely lasted long, and it was almost always interrupted by
The government kept track of us on paper. Case files, intake forms, placement reports — a trail of our childhoods
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
Parenting is ministry—arguably the greatest of all ministries. Raising God-fearing, compassionate, personally responsible, and character-driven children is one of the
Children are not raised by programs, governments, or institutions; they are raised by two parents who are fervently—perhaps even irrationally—devoted
When I was a kid, silence was always welcome but rarely lasted long, and it was almost always interrupted by
The government kept track of us on paper. Case files, intake forms, placement reports — a trail of our childhoods
