* A bub has just been added to an ARK family * 2 siblings have navigated the loss of a parent * A baby of a teenage mum has been taken...

To the Foster Dads:- To the men in our community who are shepherding the wonderful kids growing up within our families. As we celebrate...

No child comes into out-of-home-care without the story of a ravaged family. In some cases restoration and repair trump chaos and...

To carry, nurture, and deliver a baby is such an extraordinary part of the human existence... and yet it’s so common we forget just how...

This week I am tired. The kind of tiredness that doesn’t exist for a particular reason, more of a weariness that is joined by a...

Each Foster parent’s journey to approval has its own path. Some begin years before they sit in front of a social worker. For some, it’s a...

Parenting a pre-teen is far less physically exhausting, but it is mentally exhausting. As he challenges me continually (and generally...

On a recent journey through the Old Testament I got to take a fresh look at Ruth. It’s a story quite poignant around Mothers Day, as Ruth...

I woke up this morning and went into his room. There he is! Wide eyed, big smile, eager to start the day. He calls out “Mumma! Stinky” as...

In my life when I could sleep through the night, run out the door without much planning and was able to finish a thought without having...

It’s no secret one of the most at-risk groups in this time of Covid-19 crisis is kids in the out-of-home-care system. There are a number...

Yesterday was Palm Sunday. Our kids have been sitting with us for church online for the past few weeks now and ‘dutifully’ would be a...

Life in iso can be difficult to get used to, especially for kids who are used to varied people and diverse activities each day. Foster...

Fun Fact: ARK employees are missionaries, funded by faithful financial supporters who’ve decided to partner with them by investing on a...

I listened to a sermon delivered last week that was part of a series on ‘The Sermon on the Mount’. Sometimes I’m amazed at the timing of...