We Need an Impartial and Permanent Homeless Commission
At the last Homeless Commission meeting Mayor Mike Rawlings gave a troubling address. He compared the current state of homelessness in Dallas to a model of the chaos theory. He said… We have not been...
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A Miraculous Birth
Our staff received word that there was a homeless woman named Lisa who was in labor under a bridge. Martha, who serves as the Women’s Minister for OurCalling, went out with other staff members to find...
View ArticleNorth Texas Giving Day Week!
North Texas Giving Day Week! It’s North Texas Giving Day week! Schedule your gift and make your own FUNdraising page today! #NTxGivingDayhttps://www.northtexasgivingday.org/ourcalling Posted by...
View ArticleI Love Lucy
This month we asked one of our new volunteers to share with you about her first experience on Search and Rescue. I was a little nervous going out for the first time on Search and Rescue. I had...
View ArticleOutside the Comfort Zone
All too often, “homeless” is synonymous with “pariah,” “unwanted” or “unloved.” Or perhaps all three. All too often people claim to love and see everyone equally, but only on their circumstances. What...
View ArticleHow to respond to a storm
OurCalling was without power yesterday: no coffee, no breakfast, no lights. The staff met with people in our parking lot, passing out bottles of water, sandwiches and fresh fruit. It wasn’t our plan,...
View ArticleMeet Janet!
Although she had lived in Dallas most of her life and had a prosperous and successful career here, probably only two people saw Janet’s Obituary in the paper that Sunday– her brother and father who...
View ArticleMy friend Lynda’s birthday
Today is my friend Lynda’s birthday. Last April we met her where she lived with her cat Valentino in the doorsill of an old abandoned church in Oak Cliff. Today is also the day that they found her...
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Search and Rescue Goes Where Others Won’t
With the DFW area growing exponentially, so is homelessness. In 2020, the nationwide HUD-mandated homeless count reported that the growth rate of unsheltered homelessness in Dallas was greater than in...
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End of Year Letter
This has been a year of extremes. This calendar year the temperatures in Dallas have ranged from -2° to 102°. We have seen the highest inflation rate that the country has experienced in 30 years. The...
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