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How to grieve the loss of a loved one
How do you grieve the loss of a loved one? Or really, how do you grieve in general? Part of life and part of growing older is...
Thankful for family
It’s almost November — the time of year when we prepare our hearts to give thanks for how our lives have been blessed. And we’ve got something...
“We still have our faith in God”: Calder Woods provides hope for Harvey victims
The newest residents at Calder Woods are finding hope after Hurricane Harvey. Monroe and Helen Scurlock lost their home in Bevil Oaks when it flooded after the...
Jeff Gentry named Senior Vice President, CFO at Buckner International
Jeff Gentry has been named the new senior vice president and chief financial officer at Buckner International, according to Buckner President/CEO Albert Reyes. Gentry begins his new...
Faith Focus: We never know where meeting a need might lead
In the mid-1990s, roughly 800 of the 4,000 students at Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas, were single parents. Many of them had come back to school to...
Family Pathways: 20 years of ‘a perfect partnership’
In the mid-1990s, roughly 800 of the 4,000 students at Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas, were single parents. Many of them had come back to school to...
Hargett named executive director of Baptist Retirement Community
Buckner Retirement Services named Aaron Hargett as executive director of Baptist Retirement Community, effective Sept. 1. Hargett has served Baptist Retirement since 2007, first as administrator of...
Buckner Family Pathways: 20 years of transformation
Buckner Family Pathways is a family preservation program designed to help single parents strengthen their families and reduce barriers to self-sufficiency, lack of education and independent life...
Buckner Family Pathways equips single parents to dream
Thirty-four percent of children whose parents lack a college education live in poverty. Fifty-nine percent of young children in poor families live with a single parent. For...
Faith Focus: What to do when you’re not good enough
Robbie is a hero of mine. He has been for some time. I admire the energy he brings to every room he walks into, his ability to...