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The keeper

Imagine that ancient time before email, websites, social media and laptops. Back then, computers were the size of a car and programmers spent hours writing code, coaxing...
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Just for a time

Let’s start with the numbers. 150. 10. 2. We’ll come back to that. Paul Ledet glances away for a split second and then looks back. He’s remembering...
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Stitched together

Claudia Pérez Ramirez's neighbor told her about Buckner. But she had to see for herself to believe it was true. She attended a Buckner informational program at...
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Little by little

It was a chance encounter but no accident when the team from Buckner Mexico met Guillermina Santos Ventura. She was sweeping dirt outside her meager home not...
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The journey to hope

Let’s start this story at the end.   When Annette Chavez leaves Buckner Family Pathways® in Longview, Texas, later this year, she’ll drive away with both an...
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Breaking generational cycles

Brooklyn Cole was there as a pre-teen sister when her little brother Anthony was born. She even cut his umbilical cord. More than 10 years later, Cole...
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Swallowed up by life

Not long after we were married, my wife and I purchased a tent from a co-worker. We loved it so much we soon bought a pop-up camper,...
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Global reach

It took 10 years for the name to change, but only one trip to change Buckner.  The trip was on an exploratory journey in 1995 by then-President...
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Paying it backward and forward

Rishun Beasley spends her days looking for something she’s already found. It’s a search that drives her every morning and one she knows will never end. It...
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What justice looks like depends on where you’re standing

Scott Collins, senior vice president of communications for Buckner International, originally wrote this column for the Baptist Standard as part of a special series "Justice looks like ..." allowing...
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