Meet Kathy Broyard: Presbyterian Emergency Management Specialist
How did a radio engineer end up transitioning into a career in disaster ministry? To find out, you’ll have to listen to our next Sunspots...
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- Jun 12
- 3 min
Disaster Recovery and the LGBTQIA+ Community
“Queer life, trans life, is often full of storms and winds and floods and fires: the storms of religious contempt; the winds of gender...
- May 10
- 3 min
Tornado Recovery in Arkansas & Oklahoma
Did you know that from January to March of this year, 410 tornadoes have been reported in the United States? Four hundred and ten marks...
- Mar 8
- 4 min
A Collective Lent
I’ve always loved the honesty of Lent. When else but on Ash Wednesday can you remind everyone, no matter how young or old you are, you...
- Jan 6
- 1 min
2023 Church Disaster Preparedness Calendar
In the spirit of resolution-making to mark the beginning of a fresh year, I wanted to offer leaders of congregations and worshiping...
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
SPDR: Will the Rise of Volunteers Return?
One of the many invisible tolls of the COVID-19 pandemic was the shutdown of opportunities to volunteer and serve in-person in locations...
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
SPDR 101: Is it an Emergency or a Disaster?
I am officially one-month into serving full-time as the Director for the Synod Partnership for Disaster Response, a long name that I hope...
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