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Faith Focus: Do you have the courage?

New to Peñitas, Texas with few friends, Abigail Garcia didn’t know what she was getting herself into when she followed a classmate’s recommendation to go to the...
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Friday photo: Building the future

This week, a Woman's Missionary Union of Texas team is finishing the construction of a home through Buckner Domestic Missions for the Morales family who have been participating...
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‘I think God put it in my way for a reason’

PEÑITAS, Texas – New to town with few friends, Abigail Garcia didn’t know what she was getting herself into when she followed a classmate’s recommendation to go...
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Faith Focus: Fear or faith?

Halloween is most often associated with things that go bump in the night. When we find ourselves in the darkness of uncertainty, every little noise can make...
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How to be a voice for the vulnerable in your church: What we can learn from the CIA

In the 1990s, CIA Analyst Carmen Medina saw a gap in the information flow from the field to American intelligence agencies. Put simply, the flow was segmented...
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Faith Focus: Obedience happens one step at a time

Hector Flores has one wish for his children: “I want them to study so they can become someone. Not like me.” He does anything he can to...
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Non-Conformists: Changing the world one family at a time

Nearly five years after his death, Steve Jobs is largely still considered by many to be the greatest visionary and innovator of his generation. He escorted computers...
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Friday photo: Blessing

The Gabriel Apartment Sunday School class at First Baptist Church in Midland, Texas, recently delivered an SUV-load of kitchen supplies that equipped the kitchens of two Buckner Family Pathways...
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We must always remember where many of the families we serve come from

Families often come to Buckner Family Pathways when they’ve tried everything else to better their situations on their own without seeing any improvement. They’ve realized they need help,...
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Faith Focus: The eyes of Texas are upon you

Every other month, a group of men from Buckner Villas in Austin, Texas, meets with Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors, the Richardson-based company managing the community’s GreenRidge...
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