Tag: homelessness

• Give someone a meal (Advent Day 18)

  

  Did you know that over 36 million people – including 13 million children – experience hunger or the risk of hunger in the United States? That means that more than one in ten households in your community are having difficulty putting food on their table or in their bellies each day. Some of those people…

  Dana Young

  December 19, 2013

  Advent, Holidays, Relationships, Spirituality

  #24daysofgiving, Advent, care, community, food, homelessness, hunger, Love, meals, sharing

• Psalm 23 Summer Faith Challenge: honoring God’s name

  

  He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. This week for our Summer Faith Challenge at Decatur Presbyterian Church, we’re asked to choose an activity that honors God’s name. Many of the suggestions offered are to be of service to others in need, in keeping with Jesus’s teachings: Matthew 25:34-36 Then the king…

  Dana Young

  June 25, 2013

  Relationships, Religion, Spirituality

  care, community, compassion, forgiveness, healing, homelessness, lovingkindness, poverty, Psalm 23

• Everyone deserves to have a roof over their heads

  One of the people I follow on Twitter is Pastor Shaun King, of Courageous Church in Midtown Atlanta. He’s becoming well-known nationally for his use of social media for connecting with his congregation and performing outreach work. This past week, he was advocating on behalf of a family on the verge of homelessness.  The parents are struggling to make…

  Dana Young

  January 22, 2011

  Advocacy

  advocacy, financial crisis, helping others in need, homelessness, social services