FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency for our nation, recently announced 2024 as the “Year of Resilience.” Someone from FEMA must...

I’m excited for you to see how far we have come in our first full year of living into SPDR: the Synod Partnership for Disaster Recovery!

Do you have a gratitude practice? Many years ago, one of my Sunday School teachers taught me about gratitude journaling. I’ve never...

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...

“Queer life, trans life, is often full of storms and winds and floods and fires: the storms of religious contempt; the winds of gender...

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...

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...

In the spirit of resolution-making to mark the beginning of a fresh year, I wanted to offer leaders of congregations and worshiping...

One of the many invisible tolls of the COVID-19 pandemic was the shutdown of opportunities to volunteer and serve in-person in locations...

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...