I'm traveling to Seattle to speak at the Refresh Conference this week. I'm looking forward to the trip for several reasons. I've never been to the Pacific Northwest, some friends moved to Seattle last year and I haven't seen them since they moved, and I'm looking forward to presenting my assigned topic; Building Healthy Relationships [...]
To be an effective agent of healing in your child's life you will need to understand their history and come to terms with your past. Both are necessary.
When I was a child, I wanted to be an airline pilot. I thought it would be the most romantic way to spend my days floating amongst the clouds. My dad traveled for work when I was a kid and when he came home, he would go down on one knee expecting a hug and [...]
The 2016 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference will be held October 21 & 22 at Irving Bible Church. Last year we went BACK TO BASICS, this year we decided to go BEYOND THE BASICS. We will feature TBRI trained professionals, Empowered to Connect Parent Trainers, Dr. Mandy Howard, and Dr. David Cross, co-author of [...]
Have you ever been in a restaurant and witnessed the interaction between a displeased customer and their waiter? It can be pretty tense depending on how difficult the customer makes it. But it is not the customerâs behavior that is the most interesting part of the interaction, itâs the response of the restaurant employees that [...]
The instruction to ânot be afraidâ is the most frequently occurring command in the Bible. We are told to not be afraid over 350 times. Fear is addressed more than love or giving, hope or heaven, faith or salvation. We know that fear is one of the biggest drivers of our kidâs behaviors. We need [...]
Tapestry is celebrating 10 years of ministry this year with two events both on September 19. They will host a Family Fun Carnival at Irving Bible Church at 10:00 am and then enjoy dinner together at the Hilton DFW Lakes in Grapevine that evening. Author and speaker Carissa Woodwyk will be their guest. Carissa is a writer, [...]
We live in a name it to claim it kind of world where we all like to label things. If it doesnât have a label, it doesnât make any sense. And if it doesn't make any sense, we don't know what to do with it. We even have label makers so that we can make [...]
Today we pause and remember civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. I can still remember the first time I watched footage of his âI Have a Dreamâ speech in history class. As a young man growing up in South Africa in the 1980âs Dr. King had a profound effect on my life because the [...]
Let me start by saying that I believe most people mean well. But good intentions are just that, good intentions and nothing more. It is amazing what complete strangers feel the liberty to say. Some of the things Iâve heard as an adoptive dad have made me smile, grit my teeth, want to yell, and [...]