The Thinkorphan Podcast

In Episode 150, Dr. Rick and Phil have a conversation with DJ Jordan, an adoptive parent and a huge advocate for orphaned and vulnerable children, who has worked on congressional staffs and has contributed on Fox News and CNN, among many other things...

In Episode 149, Dr. Rick and Phil have a conversation with Karen Springs, Author of Adoption Through the Rear View Mirror: Learning from Stories of Heartache and Hope and Communications Director for World Without Orphans. 

In Episode 148, Dr. Rick and Phil discuss our pursuit of justice in connection with race relations, orphaned and vulnerable children, and other issues in our world today.  

In Episode 147, Dr. Rick and Phil discuss some of the great resources we have to help us in our work to address the priority needs through and after the COVID-19 crisis so that we can love orphaned and vulnerable children with excellence. 

In Episode 146, you will hear from Rebecca Patterson and Krish Kandiah, who work with Home for Good.

In Episode 145, you will hear from Brandon Stiver, Director of Community and Church Engagement for 1MILLIONHOME.

In Episode 144 you will hear from Elli Oswald about working to Get Children into Healthy Families.

In Episode 143, you will hear from Arthur C. Woods, Speaker, Teacher, and Writer, talking with Phil about:  His incredible story and how he started working with teens from hard places  How we can love teenage young adults who come from hard places  Why discipleship and mentorship is so important in our work with teens and why it is important for us to know the difference between the two.  How mentoring teens from hard and traumatic backgrounds differs from those not coming from trauma, and how we can mentor teens from hard places with excellence  How we can build trust with teens who experienced trauma in their past  His DVD Series and Podcast, “Trusting the God of the Gospel,” and how it can help teens truly know, trust, and love God  Defining the terms, “Truth,” “Gospel,” and “God."  And so much more! 

In Episode 142, you will hear from Ruby Johnston, Co-Founder and Director of International Field Operations for Lamb International, and Executive Team Member for World Without Orphans (“WWO”), talking with Phil about:  Ruby’s story to see how she got to be where she is today.  The training work that Ruby does all around the world Why the training her and her husband do more than 300 days a year is so important for all of us to know about Why understanding the distinction between training and capacity building is so important The WWO Road Map and how it can help all of us love OVC with excellence How the orphan care movement has changed over the decades that Ruby has been working to equip OVC organizations What Ruby believes are some of the biggest issues we are facing today in connection with the care of OVC and how we can address them with excellence And so much more!     

In Episode 141, you will hear from Mohamed Nabieu (“Nabs”), Child Welfare Programs Liaison for Helping Children Worldwide, talking with Phil about:  His incredible story from being cared for in an orphanage to transitioning orphanages to family-based care  How he has been able to deal with his childhood trauma and now help children who have experienced similar trauma in their lives  Why he loves Mondays and his unorthodox theory about elevators  The good and bad of orphanages, and why he believes that we need to shift our mindsets from orphanages to family-based care  How his organization, Helping Children Worldwide, is working to strengthen families and get orphaned and vulnerable children into families  Why we need to coach the people and not the problems  Why collaboration with people different from us is so important And so much more!   

In Episode 140, you will hear from Mike Berry, author of Honestly Adoption (and a bunch of other books), founder of Confessions of an Adoptive Parent, co-host of the Honestly Adoption Podcast, and adoptive father, talking with Phil about: The why and what of Mike and Kristin’s new book, Honestly Adoption, and what Mike hopes the reader will experience as they read it 
 The difficult questions we face in adoption and foster care 
 What it was like for Mike to write this book with his wife 
 How are personalities impact how we can work together effectively 
 The importance of hearing from the voices of the adoptees 
 The importance of self-care in the lives of adoptive and foster families 
 Mike’s favorite part of the new book 
 And much more!

In Episode 139, you will hear from Phil and Dr. Rick talking about some of the cool things that have happened since the end of Season 6, what’s coming up in Season 7, and a few more things that we know you’ll want to hear.

In Episode 138, you will hear from Phil and Dr. Rick talking about their thoughts on this past season and a few more things that we know you’ll want to hear. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com

In Episode 137, you will hear from Matt Parker, Executive Director of Kids Alive International. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com

In Episode 137, you will hear from Marisa Stam, Executive Director for Selamta Family Project. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com

In Episode 135, you will hear from Corbey Dukes, Guatemala Field Director at Kids Alive International. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com

In Episode 134, you will hear from Jenn Hook, Founder and Executive Director of Replanted, and author of a new book of the same name. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com

In Episode 133, you will hear from Andy Cook, President and CEO of Promise 686. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com

In Episode 132, you will hear from Bruce Kendrick, Director of Outreach at Watermark Christian Church. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com

In Episode 131, you will hear from Randy Daniels, Vice President at Buckner Children and Family Services. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com