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Buckner Family Place, My Father’s House Lubbock become Buckner Family Pathways
Buckner Family Place ministries across the state and My Father’s House Lubbock have been renamed Buckner Family Pathways to reflect consistency among the efforts to empower single-parent...
Faith Focus: The problem with to-do lists
“Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wants...
Friday photo: Building Community
Aramark employees volunteered through Buckner as part of its Building Community Day. They sorted shoes donated through Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls®, helped organize clothes and food...
A sweet legacy
Susana Guevara, program coordinator for Buckner Family Place in Amarillo, was praying for a baker. She wanted to bless the residents at Family Place with a special...
Faith Focus: Drowning
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power...
Nameless ‘old man photos’ have a story you won’t believe
Not too long ago, Buckner received an email from a writer, Karen Barnett, in Oregon about some curious portraits she found in a thrift store. She had...
Faith Focus: Shining light
“And if you pour out that with which you sustain your own life for the hungry and satisfy the need of the afflicted, then shall your light...
Friday photo: Project HOPES at Camp Buckner
Buckner Children and Family Services in Longview, Texas, was awarded a federal grant to help education "at-risk" families about parenting and child development. The team took 25...
Faith Focus: The potter’s clay
“’Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.’ So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he...
Friday photo: Lima, Peru
A member of Reunion Church in Dallas ministers to a child in a Peruvian orphanage on a Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls shoe delivery trip. The church...