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Four Phases of Disaster Recovery

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:12:00 GMT

Over the next few weeks, the Haiti earthquake will begin to be edged out as "last weeks news." But, the crisis and response will be going on for a long time. Let's look at a Four Phase model of Crisis Response:

Restorative Worship

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:03:00 GMT

I have been having a chronic prodding going on for the last few weeks. You may know the feeling - a consistent thought keeps banging around out in the backyard of your brain. It has to do with how do we thrive when we have lost everything, and how do we help people in this condition. I learned from some Rwandan refugees in the DRC (to be accurate, I read about them) who found that when they had nothing, they had a lot - worship and prayer....That got me thinking....

Pain along the Journey

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:09:00 GMT

I think we think too much about avoiding pain, and not enough about expecting it.