The Main Thing:
There's no on better to welcome as our first guest of Season Five than Herbie Newell. He is the President and Executive Director of Lifeline Children's Services, host of The Defender Podcast, and author of "Image Bearers: Shifting from Pro-Birth to Pro-Life."
Lifeline is the single largest Evangelical Christian adoption agency in the United States. Their work is remarkable and their take on "community" is like none other. Herbie shares some show-stopping realities of the foster care crisis in America and the role we all have in better caring for mothers and vulnerable children.
His wisdom and insight made for an incredible conversation, and will leave you challenged and inspired to create community, invest in community, and be the hands and feet of Jesus to those who need it most.
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