Luke Skywalker, Frodo Baggins, and the Seven-Time Revelation of the Hidden Hero

By Ryan Hudnall
Consider these names: Luke Skywalker, Frodo Baggins, Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen, Aladdin, Mowgli, Tarzan, Cinderella, Snow White, Bruce Wayne, and Clark Kent.
The common thread? All orphaned and abandoned children. All of them having suffered great loss.
Forget semantics […]

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Zest in 'Zona

Two weeks ago, we enthusiastically announced that Stephens County became the first active county in Oklahoma. Interest in the CarePortal continues to grow, and Pima County in Arizona has formally initiated a pilot program between area churches and the […]

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On The Grid: Tier 1 – Adoption

Frankly, love for the orphan saved my life.
It was a sobering day in December 1925 when my grandma became a double orphan.  Seven years earlier, her father had passed away because of pneumonia, and diphtheria had now claimed the […]

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Impacted Forever

Below is a collection of photos and stories from a recent vision trip. Their leader explained, “The fact is, we need to talk about the experience to help us understand the culture shock between the life we live and […]

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CarePortal Active in Oklahoma!

It is with great delight that we celebrate the recent go live of Stephens County in southern Oklahoma.  Stephens County is the first active county in Oklahoma, thereby making Oklahoma the fourth state in which churches are actively meeting […]

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Sowing Seeds…Tailoring a Future

The year was 2000.  Sally had lived many of her years as a single mother and lifelong educator.  Her career had been sowing seeds of hope and dignity into the lives of thousands of students.   She sowed by teaching […]

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Did You Know that Kansas Children in Foster Care is at an All-Time High?

“We need to change our system.  We need everybody to get involved.”
So says Joni Haitt in the video below, who has served as a foster parent for 136 children over the past 25 years.
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We’ve broken a record, Kansans.  We’ve […]

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