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Episode 40 - An Ordinary Foster Family with an Extraordinary God with Chris and Alicia Johnson
What blessings is God withholding from you because you have not yet told him, "Yes!"?
In our 40th episode of the River Foundation Podcast, adoption and foster care advocates, Chris and Alicia Johnson, share how their "yes" to open their home to foster families both challenged and transformed their lives for the better. Whether you've felt a tug towards orphan care yourself or you know foster parenting isn't part of your calling, you'll finish this podcast empowered to pray and seek how the Lord is inviting you to live out James 1:27.
Episode Highlights
[0:35] A peek into Kentucky's capitol: Dan video chats with Chris and Alicia Johnson from their office in Frankfort
[1:11] "Orphan care wasn't really on our radar." What happened when God interrupted Chris and Alicia's American dream
[1:55] "None of the kids matched. What's up with this family?" The one adopted family that led the Johnsons' church family to ask, "How can we help?"
[2:51] So will you preach this or live this? What happened when God's call to care for orphans and widows became personal for Chris and Alicia
[4:44] Ten years of foster parenting later, what Alicia says is the important piece of foster care that we often leave out
[6:59] "Raising kids is not what God has called the State to do." Why Chris believes foster children are the church's responsibility
[8:21] The trauma behind the family photo: how foster families need supportive, engaged church communities to wrap around them
[9:18] Alicia shares how her church family has provided for and invested in her throughout their foster care journey
[10:39] Has your heart been pricked? Chris and Alicia "let loose" on our first next steps towards responding to care for orphans and foster families
[14:26] Dan closes by thanking Chris and Alicia for their "yes" to participate in what God is doing to minister to families in our communities
Episode Resources
Cabinet website: Kyfaces.ky.gov
Uniting Kentucky: Weareky.org
Chris and Alicia on When a Need Meets a Calling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMwfy26NcQY&t=13s
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By The River FoundationWhat blessings is God withholding from you because you have not yet told him, "Yes!"?
In our 40th episode of the River Foundation Podcast, adoption and foster care advocates, Chris and Alicia Johnson, share how their "yes" to open their home to foster families both challenged and transformed their lives for the better. Whether you've felt a tug towards orphan care yourself or you know foster parenting isn't part of your calling, you'll finish this podcast empowered to pray and seek how the Lord is inviting you to live out James 1:27.
Episode Highlights
[0:35] A peek into Kentucky's capitol: Dan video chats with Chris and Alicia Johnson from their office in Frankfort
[1:11] "Orphan care wasn't really on our radar." What happened when God interrupted Chris and Alicia's American dream
[1:55] "None of the kids matched. What's up with this family?" The one adopted family that led the Johnsons' church family to ask, "How can we help?"
[2:51] So will you preach this or live this? What happened when God's call to care for orphans and widows became personal for Chris and Alicia
[4:44] Ten years of foster parenting later, what Alicia says is the important piece of foster care that we often leave out
[6:59] "Raising kids is not what God has called the State to do." Why Chris believes foster children are the church's responsibility
[8:21] The trauma behind the family photo: how foster families need supportive, engaged church communities to wrap around them
[9:18] Alicia shares how her church family has provided for and invested in her throughout their foster care journey
[10:39] Has your heart been pricked? Chris and Alicia "let loose" on our first next steps towards responding to care for orphans and foster families
[14:26] Dan closes by thanking Chris and Alicia for their "yes" to participate in what God is doing to minister to families in our communities
Episode Resources
Cabinet website: Kyfaces.ky.gov
Uniting Kentucky: Weareky.org
Chris and Alicia on When a Need Meets a Calling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMwfy26NcQY&t=13s