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Buckner Day at the Rangers

Last week, Buckner International spent the day at the field cheering on the Texas Rangers as they faced the Houston Astros at Globe Life Field.  Before the...
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Finding rest in your new normal

If you are like me, you might be trying to figure out a new normal after 18 months of a virus that has completely changed how we...
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Buckner Westminster Place welcomes new executive director

Senior living community Buckner Westminster Place named Crystal Muniz as its new executive director, effective Sept. 7. A 25-year veteran of the senior living industry, Muniz most...
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Buckner donates more than 24,000 pounds of supplies for Hurricane Ida victims

Buckner International has donated 12 pallets of bottled water, Gatorade/Propel powder and hand sanitizer to TBM Disaster Relief to aid in their response to the devastation in Southern...
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Calder Woods announces new executive director

Buckner senior living community Calder Woods named David Ummel as its new executive director, effective Sept. 7. Ummel is a 13-year veteran of Buckner Children and Family...
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Exactly what you need

A while back, I decided to challenge myself to read through the Bible chronologically. I got through the stories of creation, Noah, Joseph and Moses. Those stories...
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Serving those in need

In 1879, R.C. Buckner founded Buckner Orphans Home in Dallas after witnessing the needs of hurting and orphaned children in post-Civil War Texas. In the past 142...
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Bearing fruit despite the circumstance

Since I was a child, I loved going back to school. I remember excitedly picking up my brand-new box of crayons, colored paper and all of the...
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Five ways to pray for senior adults

From the beginning, seniors have been the soul of Buckner International's ministry. Soon after children moved into Buckner Orphans Home, retired pastors and missionary families came to...
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‘Love really is what you do’

The Baptist Standard has been expoloring the fruits of the Spirit in their podcast series, and this week they interviewed Buckner President Albert Reyes. With Eric Black,...
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