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The Think Orphan podcast is hosted by Dr. Karen Hutcheson, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and Philip Darke, President of Providence World and co-author of In Pursuit of Orphan Excellence....

Are all global justice issues created equal or are certain causes worth more of our attention and funding? Is it possible to get more bang f...

There is a bit of dissonance when it comes to the trajectory of Christian support of global orphan care. More Christians are accurately unde...

The podcast is back from a break over Lent and we're diving straight in to the most relevant event happening globally right now. The war bet...

In this season of Lent, we're on a break from new episodes and are re-running a conversation from 2023 that we had with global child welfare...

In this season of Lent, we're on a break from new episodes and are re-running a conversation from 2023 that we had the co-author of Freeing...

As we head into the Lent this week, Brandon offers a reflection on the justice work that God calls us into and the opportunity to slow down,...

A multitude of orphanages in the Global South continue to be supported by well-meaning Christians throughout the world. Research and scriptu...

This US capture of Nicolás Maduro presents a range of considerations and reflections across international law, humanitarian needs and diplom...

We live in a world that is in desperate need of peace and wholeness. Communities across the globe are ravaged by violence and instability, b...

As we start 2026, we should be asking how to join the things that God is already doing. Where is he moving and how do we join such movements...

In this episode of Think Global, Do Justice, Brandon Stiver and Dr. Laura Horvath critically analyze the Netflix documentary 'Masaka Kids: A...

In this enlightening episode, Brandon Stiver is joined by Albert Chen, who is the cofounder and CEO of Anago. The two discuss the profound i...

Are the internal structures of our organizations fit for the mission that God has called us to? In this episode, Brandon Stiver welcomes Kel...

*Brandon's Note: In step with the topic at hand, I've turned over all show notes and interview audio editing to AI for this week's episode....

What does it mean to be a gospel-centered church and should we be a gospel-centered church? As we think through taking the Gospel into the w...

Global poverty is ubiquitous and seemingly intractable, but what if we had a way to mobilize people and a fundraising mechanism that invites...

One out of three leaders don't finish well in the work that they undertake. Striking, isn't it? As our podcast celebrates 300 episodes of en...

If our commitment is that every child grow up in a safe and loving family, how do we address that so many children are living in orphanages...

Did you know that 90% of the persecution that Christians face throughout the world comes from one region? Nigeria has seen a trajectory of v...

This year has seen a tremendous amount of change for Christian NGOs doing transformational development throughout the world. In many ways, w...

There is no place on Earth that God is not working. Even in authoritarian regimes that make following Christ illegal, He still moves. Iran i...

Families are the center piece of how God created societies to flourish, yet there are so many things that can tear down this fundamental par...

One of our great passions behind the show is equipping practitioners globally to serve the poor and develop communities. Today's episode is...

There is no more salient, no more pressing global event right now for the Church to engage than what is happening currently in Gaza. Gaza pr...

The podcast is back from our summer break, but we're still in vacation travel mode! We're joined by author and photographer Ashley Campbell...

It has been four years since Phil invited Brandon to take over the podcast and the conversations since then (and all the way back to Phil's...

There's no denying that western money in Global South countries has a profound impact, for better or worse. We might assume that spending mo...

Hope is a bit of a buzzword, but at the same time it is a lifeline for those that are experiencing humanitarian crises. What does it look li...

It's impossible to ignore the interconnectedness of global justice issues and the complexity of systems that affect societies. Sometimes a s...

James 1:27 has long been a central biblical text from which our podcast community has drawn from. But to what extent have we delved into the...

War. Famine. Poverty. Violence. Natural Disasters. Working in humanitarian spaces puts us up close and personal with some of the worst kinds...

The most effective approaches to doing justice will acknowledge nuance and there is wisdom in maintaining tensions in the work God has calle...

There is no doubt that the international development sector has changed drastically and permanently over the last couple of months. Starting...

Developing local solutions to complex issues is foundational to global change. When it comes to food insecurity and health services, we reco...

It's March and the madness extends far beyond college basketball. In this episode, we look at the ramifications of losing Ukrainian child da...

We talk a lot about global action on behalf of the vulnerable, but what about global engagement that looks like deepening our discipleship a...

In 2025, there are still people in the world, even entire people groups, that have never heard the Good News. What's more is that access to...

It's been a whirlwind of a month for global development practitioners. We've heard a lot of the 30,000 foot view of what the shuttering of U...

We live in a world of tremendous conflict and as Christians, we are called to welcome those that have been forced to flee violence in their...

Being an active follower of Christ will always lead us to find things that are incongruent with God's Kingdom and we'll want to do something...

In our end of January episode, Brandon Stiver is walking through a few current issues as well as a Bible word study that offers a more robus...

There are so many needs within the work of anti-trafficking and orphan care, but what happens when people that are engaging as helpers are a...

As we anticipate the inauguration of President-Elect Trump later this month, we take a moment to consider how some of his public comments an...

Happy New Year's Eve! We have so much to be thankful for as we reflect on the last year of nonprofit ministry, podcasting, family and everyt...

The gospel is to be proclaimed and word and deed. Sometimes global practitioners easily step into the demonstration of justice and developme...

Mercy comes in all shapes and sizes and in order to reach the 5 billion people without access to safe surgery, we need a litany of different...

The common adage "when you know better, you do better" makes sense. It also indicates that there is a need to transform what it is that we'v...

Trauma has the potential to cripple individuals that have experienced adversity, poverty and exclusion. There isn't an area where this is mo...

The problems surrounding poverty are wicked and complicated. Pat answers and short term solutions are never going to get us where God is cal...

Recorded live from the CCDA Conference in Portland, Oregon, we are joined by three educators equipping students globally to think biblically...