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IN THE MEDIA: Lufkin Boy Scout donates computers to Buckner Family Pathways

Lufkin Boy Scout Elie Free is helping single-parent families through Buckner Family Pathways on the way to earning his Eagle Scout certification.  He recently donated 16 computers to...
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‘I will always remember you’: A foster care case manager’s story

Ana* is 9 years old and will soon be adopted by her foster parents. During one of our recent home visits, Ana told me how much she...
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Faith Focus: Obedience happens one step at a time

Hector Flores has one wish for his children: “I want them to study so they can become someone. Not like me.” He does anything he can to...
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Where can a pair of shoes take you?

Footwear donated through Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® opens the door to a world of opportunity for vulnerable children and families through the ministries of Buckner International....
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Buckner joins ministry partners to change future of Houston

Concrete, steel, brick and glass are rising up out of a 48-acre pasture just south of the Astrodome in Houston. But this is not just another commercial...
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Living well through aging

I’m 49 years old, and, just like the senior adults I work with, I’m not getting any younger. But aging isn’t slowing me down, and it’s not...
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Young girl celebrates new life at Buckner foster group home

In 2013, Lisa* was selling cocktail fruit at a hotel where her caregiver was abusing her. She was struggling to find any hope. God pointed her to...
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What if you could help a child in need get to school?

#RUNforSHOES starts this Friday, and we need your help to reach our goal of providing the black shoes children in two elementary schools in Santo Domingo, Dominican...
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Faith Focus: The spirit of discovery

Today is Columbus Day — a day set aside to celebrate explorer Christopher Columbus’s epic landing on the Americas Oct. 12, 1492. If you live in the...
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Friday photo: Family event

Presley Osborn, a nursing student at Baylor University’s Louise Harrington School of Nursing, takes a blood pressure reading from a local mother during an Oct. 1 Buckner...
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