The Feast of All Saints is a holy day of the Church honoring all saints, known and unknown. Protestants don’t typically celebrate this day, but it is highly regarded in the Catholic and Orthodox tradition. This is much like the American holidays Veterans Day and Presidents Day, where many people are honored on one day.…

It is a great moment when a person stands, not over a log of cedar, or a drop of ink, or a bag of gold, but with his very life in his hand, saying to himself, ‘What shall I do with it?’ [David] Garrick, in Sir Joshua Reynolds’ famous picture, torn between tragedy and comedy,…

One of my friends in Twitterspace put me on to a blog that has an excellent post about Halloween from Dr. Mark Young, President of Denver Theological Seminary. I believe this is the heart every Christian should have when it comes to choosing how we deal with Halloween and is incredible insightful.  This is an actual excerpt that comes…

We’ve just received word that one of the rescues funded by Children’s HopeChest supporters was a success! Here’s the direct-from-the-field report: In a Joint Operation done by Indian Rescue Mission with Maharastra State Police on October 28, 2010 rescued 4 girls forced into prostitution in Solapur city in Maharastra State, India.   The rescue took…

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Tom Davis

Tom Davis currently serves as CEO of Children's HopeChest (www.hopechest.org), a global orphan care ministry headquartered in Colorado Springs. A tireless advocate for fatherless children, Davis has spent most of his adult life calling U.S. believers to become the hands and feet of Jesus Christ to the 143 million orphans living around the world. Through those connections, thousands of orphans now have the bright and hopeful future--one that is filled with opportunities and the love of the one true Father. Davis speaks hundreds of times each year at churches and conferences, mobilizing the church to action on behalf of the poor. He is the author of four books. His most recent novel, SCARED is a fictionalized account of his first-hand experiencing living and working with orphans in Swaziland, Africa. Davis' blog is the premier resource for the latest developments in Christian orphan ministry. Davis also currently teaches courses as adjunct professor at George Fox University in Newberg, OR.

When not traveling the globe, Davis resides in the mountains of Colorado in the small community of Palmer Lake. He and his wife Emily have seven children, including two adopted daughters from Russia.

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