1. In Christianity Today: “My excuse for not fostering had been the possibility of heartbreak after a child left, but I began to recognize this anguish as an essential part of the calling.”

2. One of the speakers at NRI’s foster-care event in May was on EWTN this week. Here’s a clip:

3. In the Washington Post: Conservative Christians and LGBTQ people don’t have to be enemies

4. Naomi Riley: Should kinship care be the default option for kids in foster care?

5. Anna Keating: The Perfect Family is an Idol

6. From Aid to the Church in Need: In Aleppo, Syria, a Christian family stays put in the face of hardship

7. On the prospect of “Catherine Commissions” in the Catholic Church

8. Salena Zito: The Creators that Also Destroy

9. “Death Row Book Club”

10. WFB playing the harpsichord at about the 17-minute mark.

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