Public Media Pieces by Partners

The writings below are from current students, alumni, and Baylor University faculty and staff on topics within social work that impact congregations and communities:

COVID-19

Congregations and social work: Moving into the unexpected By: Julianna Marraccino

From disorientation to reorientation: Turning forced isolation into Sabbath experiences By: Julia Wallace

Hospitality: Easier to give than receive By: Brianna Childs

Local coalitions need congregations: A call to action By: Rachel Gillespie

Psychological impacts of pandemic distancing likely to linger By: Aaron Walling

Sabbath gives clarity during grief-filled pandemic By: Elizabeth Franklin 

Seeing the unexpected: Connected congregations and social work By: Julianna Marraccino 

Social distancing as an act of sacred mercy By: Erin Albin Hill

Sweat, tears, and the sea: How to endure loss in the pandemic By: True Head

The pandemic calls for innovative responses By: Jess Gregory

 

Grief

How your child handles grief: Part 1 By: Karson Loomis

How your teen handles grief: Part 2 By: Karson Loomis

How to provide pastoral care for complicated grief By: Paige Shellhorse

Grief, the holidays, and the Church By: Julia Wallace

Four ways to help others through grief and mourning amid of social isolation By: Jacob George

Evangelicals aren't dealing well with grief By: Samuel Still 

Justice 

A problem in women's Bible studies By: Elizabeth Franklin

Coffee and crocheting: Calling for greater depths in women's ministries By: Elizabeth Franklin

Don't underestimate the power of little things By: Nataly Mora

Learning justice demands all of me By: Gaynor Yancey

LGBTQ+ youth inclusion in the church By: Kathleen Post

Texas: Social Workers can refuse services to LGBTQ, Disabled By: Erin Albin Hill

The man in the grocery store: An unspoken side of evangelism By: Chie Seshimo Lee

This is what it means to take God's name in vain By: Erin Albin Hill

Title 42, congregations and the sojourner By: Sean Powell  

What about all these lives harmed now? By: Natalie Ortiz-Lovince

Mental Health 

Anorexia nervosa and the church's response By: Paige Grace

Creating safer faith communities for survivors of abuse By: Geneece Goertzen

How churches can support eating disorder recovery By: Paige Grace

Ministering to teenagers with depression By: Michael Owusu

How to walk alongside people recovering from addiction By: Lacey Fitch-Ondracek

Race Relations

After MLK Day and Black History Month, now what? By: Julianna Marraccino

Finding new life in the desert as a church becomes a place of healing for racial trauma By: Nataly Mora

How to stand in solidarity with people of color By: Adam Jones 

Racial reconciliation must include trauma ministry By: Joy Moton

Shepherding Christians who want to pursue racial justice By: Adam Jones 

Loving my neighbor in the Global South By: Juan Carlos Ezparza Ochoa

The power of  a welcoming community By: Cintia Aguilar

Resources for Congregations

3 habits help lonely people feel connected By: Cecily McIlwain

Discovering your community through the practice of the labyrinth By: Rachel Gillespie

Five ways congregations can care for their pastors By: Mahcoe Mikel

Spiritual care and first responders: Why bother? By: Heath Holland

Why you should view your words as expressions of love By: Lacey Fitch-Ondracek

Three ways churches can minister to international students By: Cintia Aguilar

Pastoral care in the midst of natural disasters By: Nathan Patzke

Ministering to Christian and Non-Christian athletes By: Shelby Livingstone

Women in ministry vital to domestic violence response By: Geneece Goertzen

Spiritual Formation

Bigger: The sanctuary of nature and the presence of God By: Veronica Timbers

'Here I am' means being seen and refreshed by God By: Cecily McIlwain

How we can worship together through fear and hope By: Mahcoe Mikel

Imago Dei, Namaste, and Loving Neighbors By: Sean Powell

Love your neighbors but don't forget God and yourself By: Jackie Murphy

Meeting the Holy Spirit on broadway By: Kathleen Post

Naked and ashamed: American Christianity's purity culture and embodiment in the Church By: Alice Fry

Rebuilding deconstructed lives by Joy Moton 

Spiritual formation: One season at a time By: Dr. Gaynor Yancey

Where is home for you? By: Dr. Gaynor Yancey

When clergy neglect good R&R By: Raul Balandrano

Trauma

Acknowledge, don't minimize trauma By: Beth Ann McCormick 

After spiritual trauma, finding welcome in church once more By: Mallory Homeyer Herridge

Caring for others through trauma-sensitive language By: Brianna Childs

Compound collective trauma: Four ways ministry leaders can help By: Erin Albin Hill

Four ways the church can respond to trauma By: Beth Ann McCormick 

How to respond to disaster trauma By: Kendall Ellis

New Baylor study finds pastors not as well trained in trauma care as they need to be By: Mark Wingfield

Spiritual trauma and congregations: A missing link By: Jess Gregory

What collective trauma teaches congregations By: Erin Albin Hill

Why all congregational ministry should be trauma ministry By: Erin Albin Hill 

Why churches should care about Black History Month By: Natalie Ortiz-Lovince

What Eastertide resurrection tells us about healing from Trauma By: Kendall Ellis