Godspeed Institute – 04/22/12

“The Suffering is Big.” Grace Street Ministry, with Mair Honan

Today on the Godspeed Institute we welcome Mair Honan, UCC minister and
co-founder of Grace Street Ministry – a compassionate outreach ministry to
the homeless and marginalized in Portland, Maine, offering support through
presence, prayer and advocacy.

Topics in the hour include: Caer’s reflection on the homeless from The
Saints’ Guide to Relationships, Volume 3; a walking ministry; history of
Grace Street Ministry; remembering the sacred in the midst of it all; the
imagined and real boundaries between those who have little materially and
those who have much; how ministry can be as simple as sharing a cup of
coffee in Dunkin Donuts… to being with people “who have been beaten and
discarded and are sure that God does not exist in the reality of their
suffering”; hope; fear; overflowing shelters; being authentic; greed; her
personal journey to this ministry; Caer’s Tip for Your Spiritual Toolbelt;
and more.

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