Spirituality/Medicine Interface Project

Faith Community’s Role in Responding to Disasters

Authors: Kevin Massey, MDiv, Jeannette Sutton, PhD

Abstract

Driving rain and howling wind assaulted the city. Their homes gone, cold and weary, they found refuge in the safety of the shelter. Volunteers had prepared a hot meal that sustained them. In the shelter, some sleep, others share stories of shattered homes. Tomorrow they will again face their struggles; tonight they are grateful for this brief respite.

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