“Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.” Isaiah 1:17 NIV Is your church filled with antagonists or champions? A healthy Church is one filled with Christ like champions and not those who make excuses for not loving what God loves. The dictionary defines a champion as “a person who fights more…
It is impossible for a woman to teach a boy to be a man. Karlin grew up in a Christian home, hearing about the love of God through Jesus, but the pull of the world was stronger and she walked away from the faith. Years later when her son Malakhi was born she understood the more…
“And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ Then I said, ‘Here am I! Send me.’” Isaiah 6:8 ESV “What if we closed the company and moved to serve God?” Matt posed that question to his wife Susan and at first she thought maybe more…
“I realized there was no man in James’ life for him to call and share the trials and triumphs of his life with and I began to cry.” The ability to tell a compelling story is a learned trait, one that is developed as we share our experiences with others. It is hard wired into more…
“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us more…
“He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” – Micah 6:8 NIV “On Father’s Day let’s challenge our men to something greater. Challenge them to not just be better fathers and grandfathers more…
Every boy needs a Godly man to lead him into manhood. In our day and age Godly men can be difficult to find; men who know that the fatherless are near to God’s heart. So it is a true blessing when Christian men sacrificially love the fatherless through their passion for God’s creation and a more…
If you had a chance to save a faithful friend, would you? Let’s begin by defining what it means to be Faithful. This powerful word is used when a person honors their word or commitment; it is used to refer to a person who is reliable, trustworthy and truthful; to describe a person who is more…
This is not an actual letter, but reflective of the many letters received from Field Buddies each Year. The pictures are of actual Mentor Fathers and Field Buddies from around the country. Mr. Chuck, I am writing you this letter to thank you for what you did for me this weekend. You probably think it more…
“I have stage 3 cancer and it will kill me, but that doesn’t give me an excuse not to be a Mentor Father.” When you talk to Gil Jones he won’t come right out and tell you he’s dying of cancer. He won’t tell you of the pain, exhaustion or of the potential limitations caused more…
DTC STORIESARCHIVES
2022
- Defending the Cause: The Greatest Blessing – A Field Buddy Story
- Defending the Cause: Hiding in Plain Sight
- Defending the Cause: The Backbone of Ministry
- Defending the Cause: Our First National Training Summit
- Defending the Cause: Redeeming the Day
- Defending the Cause: Your Choices have Eternal Consequences
2020
- Defending the Cause: A Single Mom’s Letter
- Defending the Cause: Quelling Chaos
- Defending the Cause: Never Forgotten
- Defending the Cause: Modeling Commitment
- Defending the Cause: Christianity: A Living Faith
- Defending the Cause: A Rescue Mission In America – For America
- Defending the Cause: Effective Leadership
2018
- Defending the Cause: The Greatest Gift Produces…
- Defending the Cause: Thankful for What?
- Defending the Cause: God’s Family
- Defending the Cause: A Warriors Heart
- Defending the Cause: A Message of Hope and Healing
- Defending the Cause: True Freedom – Leading by Example
- Defending the Cause: God’s heart is for the fatherless, is yours?
- Defending the Cause: We Need to Talk…
- Defending the Cause: God’s Amazing Gifts
- Defending the Cause: Fatherless America — Our Battlefield
- Defending the Cause: An Epic Journey
- Defending the Cause: Single Moms – The Modern Widow
2017
- Defending the Cause: The Gift of Healing
- Defending the Cause: Honoring Faithful Service
- Defending the Cause: A Champion on Display
- Defending the Cause: Experiencing the Love of Our Heavenly Father
- Defending the Cause: Answering God’s Call
- Defending the Cause: Giving Life to Experience
- Defending the Cause: Love is Action
- Defending the Cause: Defending the Fatherless Day aka Father’s Day
- Defending the Cause: The Need for a Godly Man
- Defending the Cause: Faithfulness Might Cost Them Everything
- Defending the Cause: How Intentional Commitments Change Lives
- Defending the Cause: Is Cancer a Good Excuse?
2016
- Defending the Cause: The Importance of Photos
- Defending the Cause: God’s Provisions, A Single Grandmother’s Story
- Defending the Cause: Our Time Belongs to God
- Defending the Cause: The Injury of the Soul
- Defending the Cause: Leading the Next Generation of Americans
- Defending the Cause: The Fatherless Void
- Defending the Cause: An Investment in the Future
- Defending the Cause: “Reimagining Father’s Day”
- Defending the Cause: “The Elephant in the Room”
- Defending the Cause: Compassion for Single Moms
- Defending the Cause: Forging the Bonds of Manhood
- Defending the Cause: When Grief and Abandonment Collide
2015
- Defending the Cause: Wanted: Is God calling you to the Mission field?
- Defending the Cause: Modeling Christ
- Defending the Cause: Standing in the Gap
- Defending the Cause: The Anxiety of Being Fatherless
- Defending the Cause: The Blessings of Good Stewardship
- Defending the Cause: Father’s Day, without Dad
- Defending the Cause: Battle on the Home Front – Heroes Needed
- Defending the Cause: Building the Next Generation of Mentor Fathers
- Defending the Cause: Legacy Gift – Giving the Gospel to Future Generations
- Defending the Cause: Where Two Journeys Became One
- Defending the Cause: A Treasure Chest of Pictures
2014
- Defending the Cause: Pastor to Pastor, Church to Church
- Defending the Cause: All for the Kingdom
- Defending the Cause: Surrender All
- Defending the Cause: A Letter from One Mentor Father to Another
- Defending the Cause: Guardian of the Fatherless
- Defending the Cause: Over Promising and Under Delivering
- Defending the Cause: A Fatherless Day
- Defending the Cause: The Megaphone of Pain
- Defending the Cause: Coach ‘Em Up – Mentorship Matters
- Defending the Cause: A Family Embrace
- Defending the Cause: There’s Room for You
- Defending the Cause: A Father Wound Redeemed
2013
- Defending the Cause: A Belle, a Boy and a Horse
- Defending the Cause: Blessed Givers – Jerry & Shirley Heckart, Lander, WY
- Defending the Cause: A New Sense of Self-Worth – Yvonne Sanders
- Defending the Cause: Catfish and a Water Trough
- Defending the Cause: Finding Joy in the Journey – Steve Hood, Church Champion, Colorado Springs, CO
- Defending the Cause: Do for One – Mentor Father Damon Peary, Bozeman, MT
- Defending the Cause: Life, Love & Family
- Happy (Mentor) Father’s Day!
- Defending the Cause: Sowing the Good Ground – Lester Spell, Jr. DVM
- Defending the Cause: Light Your World – Donor, Bobby Davis, Knoxville, TN
- Defending the Cause: New Mission Accomplished – Church Champion and Mentor Father Mark Johnson
- Defending the Cause: On Board for New Heights – Evelyn Husband-Thompson, Houston, TX
2012
- Defending the Cause: Bringing Light and Life to a Broken Soul – John Smithbaker, Lander, WY
- Defending the Cause: Obtaining the Promise – John Cunningham, Mentor Father
- Defending the Cause: Happy Thanksgiving
- Defending the Cause: Welcome, Kevin Drewry – New Regional Director
- Defending the Cause: Be a Wise Guy
- Defending the Cause: WORLD’s Western Region Hope Award for Effective Compassion Winner!
- Defending the Cause: Framing a Boy’s Life – Mentor Father Jeff Scott
- Defending the Cause: Planting Seeds of Life – Mentor Father Larry Sprouse