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A privacy expert’s 3 tips to protect yourself online

The 'Dragnet Nation' author says it's about more than passwords By Caroline Mayer for Next Avenue The technology we’ve come to love is fast becoming one of...
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‘I remember Pearl Harbor’

“It was an amazing time. I shall never forget that day when I was walking home from church, back to my dorm, and someone yelled, ‘Pearl Harbor’s...
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‘Tis the season for volunteering! Find your place to serve with us.

Share the love and joy of the Christmas season in your local community through serving others. Buckner International has a wide variety of open volunteer opportunities listed...
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‘The first time in my life I met someone with nobody’

Phillip and Sandra Battles are used to caring for children in their home. They’ve been caring for foster children in Beaumont, Texas, since 2000, cultivating hope as...
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Becoming a family

November was National Adoption Month, and Buckner International celebrated as 45 children embraced their forever families through the ministry. In ceremonies across the state, parents legally adopted...
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Thankful for three

Photo courtesy of Jessica Lee Photography.In 2012, their family photo included the two of them. The next year, 2-year-old Nevaeh joined the image....
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Buckner Westminster Place residents in Longview, Texas, deliver pies to firefighters

Residents of Westminster Place, a Buckner senior living community in Longview, Texas, made their local firefighters' holidays a little sweeter with a special delivery of homemade pies....
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The theology of adoption: A pastor’s perspective

Many people view adoption as a response to a need. While it is that, it is so much more. When we begin to view adoption as God...
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Upcoming foster care and adoption interest meetings

Throughout National Adoption Month on www.buckner.org, you've seen devotional thoughts from the hearts of Buckner adoptive families, a first-person perspective from an adult adoptee, our recommended reading...
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