A few years ago, LaSherrell Hayes had never dreamed she’d own her own house. As a single mother staying with a friend, the idea of home ownership...

With influential people, such as public figures or government leaders, there are limitations on how one can get in touch with them. I certainly can...

“I don’t want to get attached.” The phrase is uttered too many times as a reason to not do foster care. ...

At Easter, we celebrate how Christ died and was resurrected from the grave to save us, his children, from death as sinners. As adults, we understand...

Can you imagine 371,000 children? That’s enough children to fill every seat in the Dallas Cowboys stadium four and half times. ...

Over the weekend, more than 50 people from Communities Foundation of Texas volunteered at the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid to commemorate the...

The Buckner Family Hope Center is a place families can go to find hope, support and empowerment for the whole family, including the children. Just as...

You want to give back to your community and at the same time learn and grow from the experience. But how do you know your experience will be...

We know you want to celebrate your dad. He works hard throughout the year and is committed to your family. ...

Patience has never been my strong suit, and I hate to wait. But I don’t think I’m alone. When I look around, I see other people, just like me,...

No matter what comes our way, it is well with my soul.

Blanca and Luz had a lot in common – they both immigrated to America from Mexico, and they were searching for a place to learn English and find a...

A brutal winter storm sweeping throughout Texas has left millions without power or water during historically low temperatures, heavy ice and snow. In...

Yanilka Castillo was struggling and didn't know how to cope, but through coaching at the Buckner Family Hope Center, she found strength, courage,...

When Alissa Campos was 9 years old, she and her younger sister were removed from their mother’s care and placed in the home of their great aunt in...

We’ve probably all encountered a storm on some level. From a light thunderstorm or hailstorm to a raging hurricane, the power of nature always...

I recently took my first vacation in over a year. Thanks to the pandemic, I had no agenda and no plans, just a rare opportunity to rest. At first I...

For the last five years, the employees of Star Properties Real Estate send foster children at the Buckner Rio Grande Children's Home in Mission,...

When COVID-19 reached Texas, Buckner responded quickly to protect the families we serve. While sheltering in place was new, difficult and sometimes...

Due to the threat of COVID-19 in Texas, Camp Buckner has been closed for retreats and day camps, but that hasn't stopped the staff from continuing to...

I lied to my father once. I was about 10 years old, and he asked me if I had brushed my teeth. ...

Anniversaries. What comes to mind when I say that word? Most of the time anniversaries are associated with happy memories and events – like a...

Today is Memorial Day, a time we set aside to remember and honor those who have died while serving in the U.S. military. These brave men and women...

My youngest brother got married Saturday. It’s not the wedding they had planned. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, they were forced to postpone...

I think we can all agree 2020 already has been a hard year. Even before the coronavirus caused so many of us to shelter in place for weeks, 2020 was...

With the COVID-19 pandemic, many lives and routines were instantly changed. But for single mom LaShonda Haynes, when the crisis hit, she stepped into...

How have you been feeling? What has been occupying your mind and soul? After many weeks of “not normal,” sheltering in place and social...

Do you know the story of Esther? She was a quiet Jewish girl who essentially won a beauty contest to marry the king. Years later, she learned of a...

Recently, a staff member called a donor to thank him for his $5 donation. She expected to leave a voicemail, but he picked up the phone. At first, he...

Yesterday was Easter, and if your holiday was anything like mine, it was nowhere close to normal. Usually, we start the day at church. Later, my...

Things may look a little bleak right about now. As most of us are practicing social distancing and sheltering in place, we may all be experiencing a...

This week, my pastor posed an interesting question: “What if we prayed?” Like most of you, I experienced church from my home, watching live...

How has your life changed in the last week? For many of us, we are embracing a new culture of working from home, homeschooling our children,...

Several years ago, I was traveling to my parents’ home in northern Wisconsin. I was about 300 miles away driving through snow. Gradually, the snow...

This week, my dearest childhood friend came to visit me. We became friends in high school and she is one of the few friends I still keep in contact...

Yesterday, my mom and I were outside walking my dog. The sun was out and there was a cool breeze. ...

Katie and Aaron Stephens had a plan: foster young children, adopt, be a forever family. But five years later, they saw six children come and go from...

Young Ranger fans from the Buckner Family Hope Center in Longview, Texas, were thrilled to meet some of their baseball heroes when Texas Ranger...

For the last six months I have been battling cancer. In that time, I have had one surgery and extensive chemotherapy treatments. It’s been a...

It's easy around the holidays to get wrapped up in what gifts you might receive this Christmas season, but for the kids on the Nationz Best Avengers...

The Christmas season is such a magical time, but even more so if you have little ones to celebrate the holiday with. Soon, children will be on...

This year has been one of the hardest I have had to endure. Because of a cancer diagnosis, I have undergone extensive chemotherapy treatments that...

After graduating from college, I was on an extremely tight budget. Between student loans, medical expenses and cost of living, my entry level salary...

I grew up knowing only one story about my grandfather’s service in the military. He was a mechanic on a ship stationed at Pearl Harbor and arrived...

Last night, community members from Bachman Lake in Dallas gathered on the construction site of the new Buckner Family Hope Center at Bachman Lake to...

It was three words you never want to hear: You have cancer. At 34 years old, the diagnosis of colon cancer was surprising, confusing, unexpected and...

Halloween gives you the opportunity to dress up as someone famous, a person you admire or your hero. We asked 10-year-old Julian Flores who his hero...

Yesterday, Buckner International delivered school supplies and hygiene products to Thomas Edison Middle Learning Center for displaced students from...

This summer, I was able to sit down with foster parents Katie and Aaron Stephens in Midland and talk about their foster-to-adopt story. They shared...

I should have been delighted – my best friend just told me she was pregnant. After years of infertility, this was truly a joyous occasion. But I...

I was blessed to grow up in a Christian home with parents who diligently taught me about the love of Christ and the need for a Savior. Because of...

I was struggling. Recently graduated from grad school with a master’s degree in hand, I was supposed to find a job easily. I applied to teach...

I’m a worrier. I wish there was a nicer word or fancy term for people like me, but the simple truth is I worry and I stress out about work, health...

This morning, the hymn “Great is Thy Faithfulness” was on my lips and heart. It’s not unusual for me to wake up with a song on my heart; it...

Radio is where Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® all started, and it’s a partnership that continues to grow each year. Shoes for Orphan Souls began...

If you have been in the church for any length of time, you have heard the story of Job – a man described as a faithful follower of God who was...

In Mark 9:14-29 (NASB), a father desperately asked Jesus for help. His son was possessed with an unclean spirit, which caused the boy to convulse and...

Carlos Cabrera and his wife Elizabeth Gracia were doing their best to provide for their family. Carlos had a steady job as a plumber and he and...

Aiden Leathers walked through the tunnel underneath the Texas Rangers baseball field starry-eyed. He and his big brother, Justin, 13, were being...

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss ...

Foster care and adoption was not an innate calling for Sarah and Jeff Stapleton. They did not go into their marriage assuming they would adopt, but...

Throughout the month of October, we have been highlighting some of our superheroes – families who protect children and are strengthening their...

Juanita Hall lives on a farm in Ooltewah, Tennessee. Every day, she wakes up at 5:30 a.m., makes her coffee and sits on a comfy chair and reads her...

The back door to the diesel truck slams shut. Inside, more than 18,000 pairs of shoes and 18,000 pairs of socks are boxed and ready to be shipped to...

Thank you so much to everyone who came to the Texas Rangers game on Sunday for Buckner Day at the Rangers with a MercyMe post-game concert. ...

It was an unusual cold winter in Peñitas, Texas. Marcela Alanis' two sons, ages 3 and 6, needed showers, so she bundled them up in blankets, stepped...

Last week, the Buckner Family Hope Center ministered to more than 30 children at the Globe Life Training Center at the Texas Rangers MLB Youth...

It was a summer to remember for children involved in Buckner programs when they took the field and met Texas Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos at a...

The first time Librada Cortez Martinez stepped into the Buckner Family Hope Center in Oaxaca, Mexico, she thought only about her children. ...

This summer in Peñitas, Texas, several church groups have joined together to build a new home through Buckner Domestic Missions for a family who...

The Buckner Family Hope Center at Wynnewood in Dallas recently kicked off summer with their annual community event "Summer Fam Fest," which included...

When Krystal Smith sneaks into her children’s room to wake them for school, she doesn’t enter on her tip toes – she dances. ...

It was the day Jennifer and Mace Perez had prayed for. After four years of infertility, Jennifer and Mace were holding their beautiful, newborn...

In Houston, it’s a new beginning for 20 single parents who moved into the new Buckner Family Pathways apartments located at New Hope Housing at...

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and several Buckner locations participated in activities to help bring awareness to the issue of child...

Each volunteer at Buckner is an important piece of our ministries and this month we are celebrating National Volunteer Month by highlighting some of...

"But God demonstrates his own love toward us that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." – Romans 5:8 ...

Luis Conde and Brenda Hernandez moved to Peñitas, Texas, for one reason: to protect their children. ...

This week, mission teams from across the state are spending their Spring Break in Peñitas, Texas, building homes for families involved with the...

On Monday, the Texas Rangers visited Buckner children, families and seniors at the Buckner Family Hope Center in Longview as a part of their Winter...

Last week, 20 Buckner Family Hope Center families in the Rio Grande Valley received a little extra help for the holidays thanks to HEB. HEB gave each...

Juan Calan and his wife Josefina Romero were living the American dream, working hard in New York to save money for their family. They sent the money...

My family Christmases don’t look anything like those peaceful family gatherings you see on TV, with family members crowded around a table with a...

On Nov. 10, Buckner foster and adoptive children experienced Buckner Night with the Dallas Stars in celebration of National Adoption Month. Throughout...

On Wednesday, over 100 Aramark team members volunteered at the Buckner Family Hope Center at Wynnewood as part of their annual global day of service....

Buckner International and Dallas-based radio station KCBI are donating more than 1,500 shoes collected in August through the DFW Shoe Drive to...

Everyone loves bubbles! Last weekend, Buckner foster families and families served through Buckner Family Pathways in Midland, Texas, gathered for a...

Cecilia Valencia and her husband Daniel Lopez sighed with relief when they learned they qualified for a new home build by Buckner Domestic Missions....

Throughout the hallways in a Midland, Texas, courthouse, two little girls danced with their new siblings. Last month, Emerson and Regan were adopted...

Last week, 507 people attended an Easter celebration on the proposed site of the new Buckner Family Hope Center at Bachman Lake in Dallas. Around the...

Buckner International is shipping more than 500,000 meals and 400 water filters to help the more than 630,000 people who have been affected by the...

To Stephanie Richards, Buckner Family Pathways in Dallas is a place of healing. ...

Rhonda Horton and Rachel Haas grew up listening to their mother tell them about their great-grandmother, Rebecca Barker Trent, who grew up at Buckner...

Whether distributing shoes or aid, playing games with a child or helping with a craft during Vacation Bible School, mission trip participants have the...

Juan Chong and his family have been involved with the Buckner Family Hope Center at Houston/Aldine for a few years. Now, he is an active volunteer...

In five years of doing foster care, David and April McCarthy have had 13 foster children stay in their home – all of them boys. They have eight...

Christmas is a little brighter for families in the Buckner Family Hope Center at Houston/Aldine programs as they received food and toys for their...

Thanks to some Buckner volunteers, Christmas will be extra special for the moms in the Buckner Family Pathways program in Dallas. Yesterday,...

On Nov. 19, Buckner foster and adoptive children experienced Buckner Night with the Dallas Stars in celebration of National Adoption Month. During the...

Thanksgiving Day – it’s a day full of family, fun and food. But even more so, it’s a time of reflection and remembrance. It’s a time to be...

Yesterday afternoon, Dallas Mavericks players Devin Harris and Deron Williams helped distribute Thanksgiving meals to 250 Dallas families...

It was a sweltering 99 degrees, unusually warm for Dallas in late September. There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky and rays of sunlight covered the...

Over 150 volunteers from Aramark came to Buckner Children’s Campus on Sept. 20 to host a cooking class, paint murals in various locations, spruce up...

The Buckner Family Hope Center at Wynnewood just got a little bigger as it will provide services to a newly built affordable housing apartment...

Allen High School students raised money to help replace lost athletic equipment at Runnels High School in Baton Rouge, La., during the recent...

Meeting the need ...

The Buckner family in Longview, Texas, celebrated the first families to move into the Mac and Tom Stone Buckner Family Pathways building on Aug. 23...

In July, more than 600 foster and adopted children and families had the chance to come closer together as a family, and have some fun and relaxation...

Barbara McNeir is a “frustrated actress.” She loves drama and being on the stage but she never made a career out of it. She also loves to read....

In honor of Independence Day, Buckner Senior Living is taking pause to celebrate all the heroic veterans who live in our communities across Texas....

Four-year-old Oseas was playing in the yard with his older brother in the quiet community of San Luis Puerta Negra in San Jose Pinula, Guatemala. The...

Since the day they got married, George and Agatha Wall dreamed about having a large family. They both grew up in large families – Agatha has nine...

Antonio Galeno swivels the chair and picks up the scissors. He gracefully yet deftly cuts his client’s hair all while greeting those that walk in...

Everything Rebekah works toward – securing a safe living environment and doing well in her studies – is motivated by her children, Emely and SJ. ...