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Dr. Karyn Purvis explains the I.D.E.A.L. response for parents when dealing with their children in various situations, especially those involving poor choices or misbehavior by a child.

The IDEAL Response for Parents from Tapestry on Vimeo.

Our hope and prayer is simple: that parents and ministry leaders will find these resources relevant and helpful and will share them with others, all in order that parents can better connect with their children to help them heal and become whole."

Why? | Empowered to Connect

Helping children from hard places...to heal and become whole

Empowered To Connect from Tapestry on Vimeo.

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Fascinating Family

Author, speaker, and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, Lysa TerKeurst and her family will be appearing on the Oprah show today!

Lysa shares,

"My greatest desire would be to lead you into a more meaningful, life-changing, perspective-rearranging relationship with Jesus."

Lysa and her family have been chosen as one of Oprah's favorite families ever and will be featured on her show today. It is a follow up show to their original show aired back in 2006 on their adoption story…a ‘where are they now’ episode of Oprah’s favorite ‘Fascinating Families’.

It's not everyday that you'll find a Jesus loving family on Oprah, so we are thrilled the Lord has opened this door. Lysa and her family would really love for you to pray that this show will go out into all the world speaking a strong message of hope, prayer, and the power of God!

Lysa will also appear at an Orphan Sunday awareness event in Pontiac, IL on November 15th... check back soon for more info!

Abba! Father!

I love this article posted in July of 2008 by Dan Cruver, Director of Together for Adoption on how God created for Himself a multi-ethnic family.

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Adopting the Older Child

Posted on September 23rd by the Tapestry Team,

Adopting the Older Child

In light of the fact that more and more families are considering and pursuing older child adoptions, earlier this year Tapestry hosted an event entitled Adopting the Older Child.

Older child adoption comes with its own unique set of joys and challenges, and this Tapestry event explored both.  In addition, the event focused on helping parents and parents-to-be better understand what to expect, how to respond and where to turn for support and help when it comes to older child adoption."

Read the rest of the article here.

Lifesong will be speaking at the 2009 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference on Saturday, October 24th at Irving Bible Church. Registration is now open...