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Help By Giving

• Site: Salvation Army
• Site: Samaritan's Purse
• Site: American Red Cross
   
   
  

Help By Praying

• Article: Concert of Prayer for a National Tragedy
• Book: Certain Peace in Uncertain Times: Embracing Prayer in an Anxious Age by Shirley Dobson

Help By Serving

• Article: How to Respond to a Natural Disaster
• Article: Comforting those grieving their loss (general training)
• Article: Providing practical assistance (general training)
• Article: Helping people process what has happened (general training)
• Article: Coming along side of those in crisis (general training)
   
   
  

Help With Preaching, Teaching, Devotionals

• Devotionals: Walk the Walk Even When It Hurts from Ministry Tools Resource Center
• Devotionals: When Your Whole World Changes from Int'l Bible Society
• Sermon Idea: Ministry in Natural Disaster
• Sermon Idea: The ANCHOR in the Storm
   
   
  

Help Children & Youth Process Disasters

• Article: Are You Disaster-Prepared?
• Article: Children: Coping with Tragic World Events
• Article: Children and the Aftermath of Katrina: From fear to hope - helpful tips for other tragedies
• Article: Natural Disasters: Helping Your Kids Cope with Overwhelming Tragedy
• Article: Tips for Helping Kids Survive Tragedy
• Grade 1-3 Bible Study: Help for a Day of Fear
• Grade 4-6 Bible Study: Help for a Day of Fear
• Youth Bible Study: Responding to Disaster (This is a rtf, Word document file)
• Book: The Youth Worker's Guide for Helping Teenagers in Crisis by Rich Van Pelt, Jim Hancock

Christian Relief Agencies

• Site: Salvation Army International
• Site: Samaritan's Purse International Relief
• Site: Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation
• Site: World Hope International
• Site: World Vision
   
   
  

Answering the Questions: Where is God? Why?

• Book: A Grace Disguised by Gerald Sittser
• Book: A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
• Book: Disappointment with God by Philip Yancey
• Book: If God Is Good . . . Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil by Randy Alcorn
• Book: Looking Up When Life is Looking Down by Beth Moore
• Book: Reaching for the Invisible God: What Can We Expect to Find? by Philip Yancey
• Book: Shattered Dreams: God's Unexpected Path to Joy by Larry Crabb
• Book: Second Guessing God: Hanging On When You Can't See His Plan by Brian Jones
• Book: Where is God When It Hurts by Philip Yancey
• Book: Why? Trusting God When You Don't Understand by Anne Graham Lotz
• Book: When Tragedy Strikes by Charles Stanley (Out of print but may find it used at Amazon.com)
• Article: How can an all-good God allow evil in the world?
• Article: God Doesn't Always Explain
• Article: Dealing with Death and Grief
• Article: Does God Care?
• Article: 10 Reasons to Believe in a God Who Allows Suffering
• Article: Death and Suffering Questions and Answers
• Booklet: When Tragedy Strikes: Finding Security In A Vulnerable World - Click to view as PDF.
• Booklet: Why Would A Good God Allow Suffering? - Click to view as PDF.
• Site: Help In Crisis - Seeking Answers in Life's Tragedies
   
  

Ways to Help in Terrorism Crisis

• Article: How Should a Christian Respond to Terrorism?
• Article: Ten Steps A Church Can Take
• Article: Barna Update: How America's Faith Has Changed Since 9-11
• Article: The World Trade Center and Our First Acts
• Article: How Shall We Minister to People After the World Trade Tower Terrorism of September 11, 2001?
   
   
  

Books to Help

• Book: Terrorism, Jihad and the Bible by John MacArthur
• Book: When Worlds Collide: Where is God in Terrorism, War, & Suffering? by R.C. Sproul
   
   
  

Children & Terrorism

• Article: Talking to your children about war and terrorist attacks
• Article: Talking with Children About War, Terrorism, and the News
   
   
  

Links to Other Helps

• At Youth Specialties
• At Christianity Today
   
  

Miscellaneous Resources

• Article: A World at War: Should Christians be Involved?
• Article: Arguments for a Just War
• Article: Christian Perspectives on War
• Article: Help Your Church Bring Peace to Hurting People During War
• Article: What Every Christian, in Every Nation, Can Do During This Time of War
• Article: Why Does God Allow War by Martin Lloyd-Jones

On Children/Youth & War:

• Book: 130 Questions Children Ask About War and Terrorists
• Article: Talking to your children about war and terrorist attacks
• Article: Talking with Children About War, Terrorism, and the News
• Article: War: The Five Best/Worst Things You Can Say To Your Children