Equipping Parents for The Journey
There is a great need for foster families, especially after the pandemic when domestic violence and substance abuse increased. This week, we asked Cameron and Shanni Pacheco, church planters and student vocational ministers in the San Diego area, to share their recent journey through the system with us. While not everyone is called to...
In recognition of National Foster Care Month, we asked Megan Adkin to share with us her family's story in an Open Letter to Adoptive and Foster Care Moms. "We have four children who came to us through the foster care system, and three that came the old-fashioned way. My story isn’t short, but I...
Recently, we had the opportunity to invite Dr. Andi Thacker to speak at a networking luncheon for churches and staff involved in special needs ministry around our community. This presentation contained so much information that anyone working with or volunteering in any children’s and student ministries would find value in spending an hour listening...
Stonebriar is a large church made up of many beautiful families, so it seems only fitting that we take the time to get to know one another better. And what better way than sharing some of the God-sized stories behind many of the familiar faces we see? I’m so appreciative of The Creek Family for accepting the...
You may have heard there’s an election taking place. Not to worry, I won’t be taking a political stance here or turning this into a place for conservative versus liberal fodder, but it would be remiss of me to act as though we aren’t on the cusp of a sizable moment in our nation’s history—a moment that...
A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. Ecclesiastes 7:1 The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Men marry women like their mothers. Women fall for men like their dads. Nature over nurture. You have heard all these sayings and maybe, just maybe,...
