God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

1. Tackle the Shackles is a community-based movement to reduce prison recidivism by empowering returning citizens. They partner with NFL players, reentry resource providers, law enforcement & community stakeholders to change the narrative of formerly incarcerated men and women coming OUT 4 LIFE as they share their success stories. Podcast live tonight, June 16, 7 p.m.…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone. 

As a crippling heat wave sweeps into the region, we looked for information on cooling centers.

City of Atlanta cooling centers are at Selena Butler Recreation Center, 98 William Holmes Borders, Atlanta 30312, and English Park, 1340 Bolton Road, Atlanta 30331.

In DeKalb County, Frontline Resources, partnering with A Home for Everyone DeKalb, opened a…

Flourishing Congregations 

Because there’s never enough money to provide all of the services and support you want to offer, we’re sharing information about a group of Atlanta business leaders who are passionate about their religion and want the churches, as well as temples and mosques, to flourish because they know how critical religious organizations are to a strong, thriving community -  our community needs our religious leadership and their congregations. At no cost to your…

Black Lives Matter. We name that unequivocal truth. Black lives matter to God.

We speak to you as white ordained leaders of Decatur churches that for generations have sought to be faithful to the gospel of Jesus Christ. However, our beloved churches have fallen short of our call and commission to live fully into Christ’s call because we have embraced the self-serving corruption of systemic racism. Too many of our Decatur churches were planted in soil tainted with racism. Too…

From the Multicultural Development Institute, Inc. multilingual resource “Living with Worry and Anxiety Amidst Global Uncertainty” includes psychoeducation about worry and anxiety, and a selection of practical CBT exercises for managing wellbeing including activity scheduling, worry postponement, and compassionate cognitive restructuring. Thanks to the generous contribution of time from clinicians around the world, it is freely available in 20 languages and…

This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be.
If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently.
And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen

From the Episcopal Book of Common Prayers

"Hear My Voice: A Prison Prayer Book" is a beautiful resource developed by ELCA for those in correctional facilities and chaplains and others in relationships with the incarcerated. 

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Harvard Divinity School–Harvard Medical School Lecture Series on Religion and Medicine

What Faith Communities Can Teach Psychiatrists About Depression…

Stephen Ministry is the one-to-one lay caring ministry that takes place in congregations that use the Stephen Series system. Stephen Ministry congregations equip and empower lay caregivers—called Stephen Ministers—to provide high-quality, confidential,…