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Profile: CareNet’s Mark Siler

Profile: CareNet’s Mark Siler

Mark Siler is Following a Passion to Help Those Less Fortunate By Les Gura Mark Siler had spent his adult life working first as a social worker and then as a chaplain and pastor to reach out and help the forgotten – homeless people, the imprisoned, the destitute. He...

Faith Community Nurse Laura Tolbert

Faith Community Nurse Laura Tolbert

Exactly Where She’s Supposed to Be By Melanie Raskin Laura Tolbert, MSN, RN, loves FROGs, those fully-rely-on-God moments that flip the switch and spark creativity, synergize people, galvanize change and ultimately transform lives – for good. That’s how she sees her...

So what do we do now? A framework for congregational leaders

So what do we do now? A framework for congregational leaders

From the FaithHealth Division, Wake Forest Baptist Health Until recently, many pastors simply defaulted to Centers for Disease Control guidelines or NC Department of Health and Human Services guidelines that continued to discourage large gatherings indoors without...

Q&A with Amber Brooks

Q&A with Amber Brooks

"For some, this is going to be a slow yes. I’m not giving up hope on people." A Conversation with Dr. Amber Brooks Amber Brooks, MD, is associate professor of anesthesiology at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She’s also a researcher, a mentor and a justice...

Good Trouble Prayer

Good Trouble Prayer

By Gary Gunderson   Good Trouble God of anger, fire, trouble and cry, Kindle us, your willing embers of the world that needs a cleansing fire. We are yours to risk, eager for fresh air beyond the safe spaces. We love your street, and concrete grit. We love the...

Bryan Hatcher of CareNet — Q&A

Bryan Hatcher of CareNet — Q&A

    Bryan Hatcher, MDiv, LCSW, is president of CareNet Counseling. He is an experienced counselor, chaplain, pastor, and adjunct faculty at Wake Forest University’s School of Divinity. Hatcher has a passion for not only delivering high-quality counseling...

Let’s Bring Summer Back, NC

Let’s Bring Summer Back, NC

Go HERE for more information!   From the NCDHHS, a vaccination campaign focused on an open and safe summer “COVID-19 vaccines are our best shot to bring back summer and get everyone safely back to the people, places and activities they love. So, we are launching...

Video: Faith Community Health Ministry, Pam Hurley

Video: Faith Community Health Ministry, Pam Hurley

   Pam Hurley, Director for the Faith Community Health Ministry Program at Atrium Health, leads a discussion on how treating the whole person is deeply rooted in many religions, making churches, temples, synagogues, mosques and other places of worship natural...