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Faith Focus: The God who frees
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...
Help us build a dream!
“I think it was one of the best things I could have done,” Rocio Donjuan said about joining the youth leadership class at the Buckner Family Hope...
Buckner leaders share at Faith and Opportunity Fellowship in Washington D.C.
Diego Silva, director of the Buckner Family Hope Center at Penitas, is one of only 37 fellows selected from around the country for the inaugural Faith and...
You mean hope
Life comes at us fast, so we have to move faster, jumping from one thing to the next to the next. Errands. Bills. Duties. The list seemingly...
Faith Focus: The God who renews
As contradictory as it may seem, I like older, traditional things – fixer-upper homes, history museums, classic roast coffee – but I tend to also like new...
‘No Need Among You’ conference offers Buckner leaders opportunity to collaborate with peers for a better Texas
Hundreds of pastors, ministry leaders, practitioners, students, social workers, health care professionals and civic leaders came together in San Antonio this week to attend the Texas Christian...
Buckner and “Mattress Mack” celebrated at pre-game ceremonies at the Houston Astros game
Last week, Buckner and Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale were celebrated at the Houston Astros pre-game ceremony for their collaboration with the Astros Foundation to help vulnerable children by organizing...
Residents of Buckner Westminster Place pack snacks for local students
With the school year underway, local students are busy heading to class and after-school activities. However, there are many who return home on the weekends with little...
Faith Focus: Remembering God’s faithfulness
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...
Mattress Mack says be Houston strong for children
Editors note: The following opinion article ran in the Houston Chronicle newspaper. Children in Houston and across Texas are being removed from their homes by Child Protective...