Loving Freely

Loving Freely

LAST YEAR, DAN CRAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING AT DESIRE STREET’S “THRIVING LEADERS SERIES”   HTTP://WWW.DESIRESTREET.ORG/PARTNERS/THRIVING-LEADERS-SERIES/ . HE SPOKE ON A TOPIC CALLED THE “UNDERBELLY OF SERVICE: WHY THE FALSE SELF PLAGUES SO MANY MINISTRIES.” YOU CAN WATCH THE PRESENTATION HERE: HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/219781733 THIS IS A BLOG SERIES BASED ON THE CONTENT HE PRESENTED AT THIS WORKSHOP. WE […]

Receiving from Larry

By Dan Crain; Community Facilitator in the South Atlanta neighborhood in Atlanta, GA.    Friday night, March 24th, 2017 will be forever etched in my memory. It was the night my mom went into the hospital and spent two days in a coma. It shook our family to the core at the thought of what […]

Underbelly 6 – The Cookie Epidemic

BACK IN MARCH, DAN CRAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING AT DESIRE STREET’S “THRIVING LEADERS SERIES”   HTTP://WWW.DESIRESTREET.ORG/PARTNERS/THRIVING-LEADERS-SERIES/ . HE SPOKE ON A TOPIC CALLED THE “UNDERBELLY OF SERVICE: WHY THE FALSE SELF PLAGUES SO MANY MINISTRIES.” YOU CAN WATCH THE PRESENTATION HERE: HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/219781733 THIS IS A BLOG SERIES BASED ON THE CONTENT HE PRESENTED AT THIS WORKSHOP. […]

The Stories that Shape Us

By Allen Hoskyn, Community Facilitator in Lawrenceville, GA. “I know now that I have to speak from eternity into time” (Henri Nouwen) Last Friday I sat in my mom’s kitchen and listened to her tell the stories of her childhood that helped captive me when I was a child.  Two days later I stood under […]

Underbelly 5 – The Father Wound and Ministry

RECENTLY DAN CRAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING AT DESIRE STREET’S “THRIVING LEADERS SERIES”   HTTP://WWW.DESIRESTREET.ORG/PARTNERS/THRIVING-LEADERS-SERIES/ ON A TOPIC CALLED THE “UNDERBELLY OF SERVICE: WHY THE FALSE SELF PLAGUES SO MANY MINISTRIES.” WATCH THE PRESENTATION HERE: HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/219781733 THIS IS A BLOG SERIES BASED ON THE CONTENT HE PRESENTED AT THIS WORKSHOP. WE HOPE YOU FIND IT BENEFICIAL […]

Who really needs to be helped?

By Dan Crain, South Atlanta Community Facilitator – RETHINK Trainer   During a lunch appointment with two fellow co-laborers in Christ we were talking about what reconciliation may look like for a group of youth who wanted to serve people in need in their community.   We bounced around a few ideas and talked about […]

It’s hot and I’m so hungry

By Sylvia Broome, Central Atlanta Community Facilitator   The sun is shining through the cracked and dirty window of the shelter.  It’s 6:00am and I’m already sweating.  The noise of men rising, taking their backpacks and leaving is irritating.  I’m happy to see that my backpack is on the bed.  I always sleep with my […]

Underbelly 4 – Deserving of Love

RECENTLY DAN CRAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING AT DESIRE STREET’S “THRIVING LEADERS SERIES”   HTTP://WWW.DESIRESTREET.ORG/PARTNERS/THRIVING-LEADERS-SERIES/ ON A TOPIC CALLED THE “UNDERBELLY OF SERVICE: WHY THE FALSE SELF PLAGUES SO MANY MINISTRIES.” WATCH THE PRESENTATION HERE: HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/219781733 THIS IS A BLOG SERIES BASED ON THE CONTENT HE PRESENTED AT THIS WORKSHOP. WE HOPE YOU FIND IT BENEFICIAL […]

We need more Nikki’s…..

Below is an email that Leroy Lamar from Serenity’s Steps wrote recently to his supporters about Nikki Reeves, an amazing woman who now works with Leroy. Not only does REMERGE live out reconciliation with those on the margins but we are always trying to shed light on others that do it as well here in […]

Bearing Each Other’s Burdens

By Sylvia Broome, Central Atlanta Community Facilitator   A few weeks ago, one of the women in our ministry called with an emergency.  It truly was something that could not wait.  I did what I could to help but it wasn’t sufficient.  In that moment, the emergency was so great that nothing could have helped […]