Latest Orphansunday Podcast Episodes
Dr. Hunter Farrell - Decolonizing Christian Mission
Think Global, Do Justice - August 01, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis week we have the co-author of Freeing Congregational Mission, Dr. Hunter Farrell. He served as a long-term missionary in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Peru and now works as the Director of the World Mission Initiative at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Dr. Farrell brings a wealth of...
The Global Foster Care Conversation
Think Global, Do Justice - July 18, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn this Conversation episode, we're joined by four child welfare leaders to dive into the nuances, challenges and triumphs of pioneering foster care throughout the world. On the show is Ian Forber-Pratt from Children's Emergency Relief International, Tara Garcia from Identity Mission, Sebilu Bod...
The Global HIV/AIDS Conversation
Think Global, Do Justice - July 04, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn our second Conversations episode, we're joined by Anna Jackson from Montaña de Luz in Honduras, Brent Phillips from Cherish Uganda, and Dan Stoehr from Reach Ministries in the US, to discuss HIV/AIDS today. What is the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the world today? What are the challenges care ...
The Central America Conversation
Think Global, Do Justice - June 20, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn our first ever Conversations episode, we're bringing together four global care leaders to talk about Central American cultural contexts, cycles of poverty and violence, family separation and the push factors leading migrants to flee the region. Joining the show is Kara Garcia of Project RED i...
Mohamed Emmanuel Nabieu - "My Long Journey Back Home"
Think Global, Do Justice - June 06, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis week we have the privilege of delving deeper into the remarkable life story of Mohamed Emmanuel Nabieu. In his captivating memoir, My Long Journey Back Home, Nabs shares his resilient spirit and unwavering determination to overcome the challenges that marked his childhood and youth. In his ...
Tiffany Bluhm - Confronting Abuse of Power and the Silencing of Victims
Think Global, Do Justice - May 23, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis week we are joined by Tiffany Bluhm, the author of Prey Tell and Never Alone. She speaks at conferences, companies, and churches, and her work has been featured in Publisher’s Weekly, Sojourners, Red Letter Christians, the YouVersion Bible app, Jenny McCarthy Show, and more. She serves at t...
Jason Johnson - An Honest Conversation Around Church and Foster Care
Think Global, Do Justice - May 09, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis week, Jason Johnson from Christian Alliance for Orphans returns to the show. Jason is a writer and speaker who encourages families and equips church and organizational leaders on their foster care and adoption journeys. In this episode, Jason names and shares many of the struggles and chal...
Kim de Blecourt - War Relief, Deported Children and the Ukrainian Church
Think Global, Do Justice - April 25, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis week we've got Kim de Blecourt from Nourished Hearts back on the show to talk with us about their ministry in Ukraine, the effects of the war on vulnerable children and the importance of coming alongside indigenous churches. Nourished Hearts is a ministry that encourages, inspires, and crea...
Kimberly Quinley - Family Care Through Collective Impact
Think Global, Do Justice - April 11, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsKimberly Quinley, a pioneer of family-based care, has spent nearly 40 years serving in Thailand. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Step Ahead, an organization committed to see all children in Thailand grow up in safe and nurturing families. Kimberly is a founding leader for Strong ...
Lindsay Hadley - The "Uncharitable" Truth About Nonprofits
Think Global, Do Justice - March 28, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 219, Lindsay Hadley is on to discuss the upcoming release of the documentary "Uncharitable". After many years in the nonprofit sector, Lindsay has become one of the most sought-after consultants and producers. This conversation challenges us to envision an unconstrained nonprofit sect...
Elizabeth Kirk - Infant Adoption in a Post-Roe World
Think Global, Do Justice - March 14, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 218, we hear from lawyer and professor, Elizabeth Kirk. Elizabeth is the Director of the Center for Law and the Human Person, as well as a research associate at The Catholic University of America. Her work spans a variety of law in child welfare, parental rights, and adoption policy. ...
On The Ground in Lesotho - The Power of Family Reunification
Think Global, Do Justice - February 28, 2023 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 217, we have a special on the ground episode to share how one organization's journey and commitment to reunifying families has inspired others. Trust for Africa's work in Lesotho has gone beyond their own organization and now supports other organizations to transition to family-based ...
Sarah Winograd - Poverty and Family Separation in Child Welfare
Think Global, Do Justice - February 14, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 216, we hear from US care reform leader, Sarah Winograd from Together for Families. Sarah speaks passionately about the complexities in child welfare and foster care as a system, how poverty contributes to family separation, and the problematic ways we've seen and judged birth familie...
Jenn Hook - Thriving Families
Think Global, Do Justice - January 31, 2023 11:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 215, we have the privilege of sitting down with Jenn Hook to glean from her experiences in the foster care system and hear about her newly released book, Thriving Families. Jenn is the Founder and Executive Director of Replanted. She's also the author of Replanted: Faith Based Support...
Jeff Rogers - Storytelling to Empower
Think Global, Do Justice - January 17, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 214, we've got filmmaker and justice advocate Jeff Rogers on the show. Jeff talks with us about his work over the years that has highlighted and advocated for children outside of parental care and communities that have been impacted by HIV/AIDS. Jeff shares with us about the new featu...
The Annual Review/Preview Show with Phil and Brandon
Think Global, Do Justice - January 03, 2023 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 213, Brandon and Phil reflect on 2022 and look forward to 2023 for the podcast and orphan care ministries. This is our annual show to share the state of Think Orphan and what exciting things are coming down the pipe for the podcast. We want to hear from you while we do it all! Full ...
How to Transform Your Board and Donor Base to Family Care
Think Global, Do Justice - December 20, 2022 11:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 212, we've got a panel of executive directors that oversaw the transition of their orphanage to family based care. We'll be asking them the hard questions of how they worked with their board of directors and their donor bases to take the journey with them. Brandon will be interviewing...
Justin Black - Helping Foster Youth Redefine Normal
Think Global, Do Justice - December 06, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 211, we're talking with foster care alum, entrepreneur and advocate Justin Black about the new book he co-wrote with his wife Alexis called Re-Defining Normal. Justin shares with us his experience spending some of his childhood and adolescence in care and the importance of supporting ...
Adrien Lewis and Jake Barreth - Creating Circles of Care
Think Global, Do Justice - November 22, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 210, we're talking with Adrien Lewis and Jake Barreth of the Global Orphan Project to learn about their ministry and dive into the Care Portal platform. We get into conversations on youth that are aging out of care, hear about the crisis in Haiti and learn how Care Portal is changing ...
Craig Greenfield - Subversive Mission
Think Global, Do Justice - November 08, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 209, we've got our buddy Craig Greenfield back on the show to catch us up on the Alongsiders movement and tell us about his new book Subversive Mission. We talk with Craig about the five fold ministry framework that he adapted from Ephesians and get our questions answered about ethica...
Deborah Gray - Attachment and Trauma Focused Therapy
Think Global, Do Justice - October 25, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 208, we're in conversation with author and preeminent attachment expert Deborah Gray. Deborah shares from her decades of experience serving children and families through therapy and sets baseline understandings on trauma and attachment. In addition to the stack of books that Deborah h...
Nick Runyon, Ashlee Heiligman and Julie Walton - Reimagine Orphan Care
Think Global, Do Justice - October 11, 2022 11:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 207, we're talking with Nick Runyon, Ashlee Heiligman and Julie Ann Walton about their new media series called Reimagine Orphan Care. Nick from The Archibald Project shares with us about storytelling and the power of media to help orphans and vulnerable children and Ashlee and Julie f...
Peter Mutabazi - From Street Kid to Foster Dad
Think Global, Do Justice - September 27, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 206, we're talking with Peter Mutabazi about his childhood growing up through various challenges in Uganda and how learning from those experiences propelled him towards foster care and adoption. Peter shares with us about his new book, Now I Am Known, which really encapsulates a lot o...
The Foster Care Compilation
Think Global, Do Justice - September 13, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsFor our final summer compilation episode, we'll be looking at foster care in the United States - an area that many of our audience members has some familiarity with. We've all heard the triumphs and the challenges of engaging in foster care and this week, we'll be hearing from three guests that ...
The Orphan Care in Conflict Compilation
Think Global, Do Justice - August 30, 2022 09:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsCaring for orphans and vulnerable children doesn't happen in a vacuum. Throughout the world, there are certain contexts that are particularly challenging to help children and families, none more so than when there is war and conflict. For our third summer compilation, we'll be looking across thr...
The Transition to Family Care Compilation
Think Global, Do Justice - August 16, 2022 10:20 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsWe're back with our second compilation episode for August where we're learning about the transition to family care from leaders within global care reform. We'll be looking at three levels of care reform. First, Delia Pop will be walking us through the research and international movement. Second,...
The Care Leader Compilation
Think Global, Do Justice - August 02, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis week we're jumping into our first summer compilation episode and we're learning from friends and colleagues throughout the world about leaving care. Nabs, Sinet, Grace and Tamrat give us first hand accounts of growing up in orphanages in the Global South. Beyond hearing their stories, they ...
Simon Njoroge - Supporting Domestic Adoption in Kenya
Think Global, Do Justice - July 19, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 201, we're talking with Simon Njoroge about his work in family based care, welfare reform and the adoption landscape in Kenya. A little change up, we gave Phil a break and recorded this episode live at the 1MILLIONHOME office in Tacoma, Washington. Apologies for slight audio issue at ...
200th Episode Reunion!
Think Global, Do Justice - July 05, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn this special episode of Think Orphan, we celebrate the 200th episode! What started as an idea that Phil just hoped people would listen to has turned into a resource, a movement and a community focused on loving orphaned and vulnerable children with excellence. Join us for this episode where w...
Jedd Medefind - Abortion and the Future of Orphan Care
Think Global, Do Justice - June 21, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn episode 199, we're talking with old friend and President of the Christian Alliance for Orphans, Jedd Medefind. With his years of leadership in the OVC space, we pick Jedd's brain on what trends he's seeing and what the future might hold for advocates and practitioners alike. We then get into ...
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