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Family Pathways Dallas: A Place of healing
To Stephanie Richards, Buckner Family Pathways in Dallas is a place of healing. "I consider myself one of God’s servants with a broken wing,” she said. “I’m...
Faith Focus: ‘The pleasing aroma of Christ’
When Vivi first came to her Buckner foster home, she was frightened to be away from her foster mother, Robin. Her foster mother meant comfort, safety and...
Friday photo: Property prayer
Last week, 80 volunteers participated in a clean up and prayer walk at the proposed site of the new Buckner Family Hope Center at Bachman Lake in...
Quilts of many colors
In the second bedroom of her Buckner Villas home, you’ll find Jean Ferris thoughtfully stitching together quilts on her 1965 Singer sewing machine. It’s the same machine...
Seeds of faith – Rebecca Barker Trent
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 Orphans Home. For...
The biblical call to become a foster parent
The most commonly quoted Bible verse regarding foster care and adoption is James 1:27: "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to...
Faith Focus: Looking for something more
Tiara was living in a small Texas town and pregnant at 18. Given her situation, she quickly realized her ability to support her daughter would be limited...
Friday photo: Ozi’s forever family
Patty Buie of Rockwall, Texas, is no stranger to the challenges of being a single parent, but she and her son Brady knew they had room in their...
McPherson to lead Buckner Hospice
Buckner Retirement Services is pleased to announce Nicole McPherson as the new administrator of Buckner Hospice. McPherson comes to Buckner from Good Shepherd Hospice in San Antonio...
Give shoes. Send a child to school.
Research has shown time and again that education changes lives. It’s one of the keys for families trying to pull themselves out of poverty. School opens doors...