Podcast appearances and mentions of Alan Graham

The Gospel Con Carne podcast is back! Join us this season as Mobile Loaves & Fishes' Founder & CEO, Alan Graham, and his guests tell the untold stories of individuals who have encountered homelessness. We are excited to kick off this season talking with Honey, one of Alan's neighbors who lives in Community First! Village. Honey grew up in a broken home and transitioned into foster care when she was 16. After getting married and having three children, new struggles began to emerge in her life. The combination of divorce, remarriage, losing her home and severe health problems ultimately left Honey in a position of living out of her car with her husband at the time. She eventually found her way home to Community First! Village in 2018, but admits she was still dealing with several bumps in the road. It wasn't until recently that Honey was encouraged by our Art House team to pursue her creative skills. Since then, she has been thriving with jewelry making and is also tapping into new creative outlets that allow her to earn a dignified income.  

Send us a textGlen Scrivener discusses 10 key moments from The Joe Rogan Experience podcast in the past few years where issues of faith, Jesus and Christianity have been raised.1 - Original Sin - Joe Rogan Experience #1084 - Douglas Murray (2018)2 - The Passion - Joe Rogan Experience #1769 - Jordan Peterson (2022)3 - The Crucifixion - Joe Rogan Experience #2157 - Duncan Trussell (2024)4 - Moral Practices - Joe Rogan Experience #1552 - Matthew McConaughey (2020)5 - History - Joe Rogan Experience #2144 - Chris Distefano (2024)6 - The Holy Spirit - JRE MMA Show #159 with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (2024)7 - Experiences - Joe Rogan Experience #2008 - Stephen C Meyer (2024)8 - Reliability of the Gospels - Joe Rogan Experience #2252 - Wesley Huff (2025)9 - Sacrificial Service - Joe Rogan Experience #2181 - Alan Graham (2024)10 - Everyday Christians - Joe Rogan Experience #2252 - Wesley Huff (2025)Contact the show: thomas@speaklife.org.ukSee 321: 321course.comSubscribe to the Speak Life YouTube channel for videos which see all of life with Jesus at the centre:youtube.com/SpeakLifeMediaSubscribe to the Reformed Mythologist YouTube channel to explore how the stories we love point to the greatest story of all:youtube.com/@ReformedMythologistDiscord is an online platform where you can interact with the Speak Life team and other Speak Life supporters. There's bonus content, creative/theological discussion and lots of fun. Join our Discord here:speaklife.org.uk/discordSpeak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world.Learn more about us here:speaklife.org.ukSupport the show

Join us as visionary leader Alan Graham shares his extraordinary journey from the bustling world of real estate to founding Community First Village, a beacon of hope for the homeless in Austin, Texas. Alan's inspiring pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago has imparted profound insights into the universal quest for purpose and reconciliation. Together, we unravel the dynamic between humility in faith and the enriching embrace of diverse belief systems, while maintaining a heartfelt conviction in Jesus as the way, truth, and life. Alan's reflections encourage a transformative view on faith and leadership, challenging traditional paradigms.Discover the power of attractional leadership through the humble example set by Jesus Christ, who reached out to the marginalized with compassion and grace. We examine the stark contrast between Western ideals of success and the selfless leadership that Jesus exemplified, prompting a re-evaluation of the American church's growth models. Our conversation highlights the profound impact of liturgy and historical traditions in preserving the essence of faith, offering valuable lessons for leadership within both sacred and secular realms.Explore how Community First Village is redefining what it means to be a family, as it fosters community among those who have experienced chronic homelessness. With an eye on societal shifts and the role of communal support post-World War II, we express hope for a renewed sense of interconnectedness among newer generations. By sharing stories of vulnerability and genuine spiritual connections, we emphasize the liberating power of inclusive faith. Walk with us as we journey through these transformative themes, bringing Alan's groundbreaking vision to listeners far and wide.Support the showWatch Us On Youtube!

In this episode, we sit down with Alan Graham, founder of Community First! Village - Mobile Loaves & Fishes and host of the Gospel Con Carne Podcast. Alan shares his journey from a challenging upbringing to finding faith and dedicating his life to building a compassionate community for those experiencing homelessness.Alan's Podcast:https://mlf.org/gospel-con-carne-podcast/Learn More:https://mlf.org

Joining our host, Alan Graham, on this episode of the Gospel Con Carne podcast is our neighbor, Nick! Originally born in Kenya, Nick's mom moved him and his sister to the United States when he was just nine years old. After spending his childhood in Georgia, Nick enrolled in the Army directly out of high school and served for six years. In 2014, Nick's job brought him to Austin where he had a stable income and housing. However, when the covid pandemic hit, he lost his job and had to live off of his savings. After constant searching, Nick was unsuccessful with finding another job, his savings ran low, and he and his mother were forced to vacate their apartment. Nick eventually found himself in a position that he never thought was possible—being homeless on the streets of Austin. After a couple of years living in survival mode, he and his mother found their place of permanence and belonging in Community First! Village in March of this year. Now living just across the street from each other, Nick and his mother enjoy spending time together and engaging with neighbors as much as they can. Together, they have found home and are surrounded by a supportive community. 

Mobile Loaves and Fishes founder Alan Graham and his wife Tricia join Kirk Avery this week to talk about the history of the organization, how God has grown their ministry, and how Regents has partnered with them over the years.  Along the way, they dive into other topics like Alan's faith journey and his recent appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast.

Joining our host, Alan Graham, on this episode of the Gospel Con Carne podcast is our neighbor, Cathy! Growing up in Freeport, Texas, Cathy experienced chronic homelessness from a young age alongside her mother and siblings. Often moving from place to place her whole life, Cathy says she doesn't feel like she had her first real home until she moved into Community First! Village in April of 2023. However, the road to finding her home in the Village didn't come easy. Cathy fell into the trap of addiction, just like other members of her family, until she began living in her car and finding the space she needed to get clean. Since moving to the Village, Cathy has been able to pursue her lifelong dream of being able to take care of herself and finds joy in the mundane, even something that may feel small, like paying her own bills. 

We were joined by our good friends Alan & Dorothy this Sunday. To see more on the work that they do go to www.jabukids.com

Alan is the founder and CEO of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, a Christian social outreach ministry that provides food and clothing, cultivates community and promotes dignity to homeless men and women in need. He's also the host of the "Gospel Con Carne" podcast and author of "Welcome Homeless: One Man's Journey of Discovering the Meaning of Home." www.mlf.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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What happens when you follow the passions God has given you? Can God use your passions to help address some of the major issues facing our culture?In this bonus episode of the Fresh Expressions podcast, you'll meet Alan Graham and hear how his passion led him to start Community First! Village, a master-planned neighborhood where the chronically homeless and mission-minded Christians live side by side.We'll also get an exciting update from former podcast host Gannon Sims about how he is helping to develop a deep sense of forged family alongside his work as a pastor in a traditional church.

Joining our host, Alan Graham, on this episode of the Gospel Con Carne podcast is our neighbor, Orion! Growing up in a small Texas town, Orion had a simple, old-fashioned life and knew what good hospitality looked like. However, what he thought was considered a "normal" family dynamic ended up causing him trouble in the years to follow. With a family history of alcoholism and other unfortunate circumstances, Orion ultimately became homeless around the age of 18. When Orion later found himself in prison, he met some of the most spirit-filled people, which began his journey toward a relationship with Christ. While continuing to pursue a relationship with the Lord was never easy, Orion was put in situations and met people who helped him form the strong relationship he has with Christ today. Since moving home to Community First! Village in early 2023, Orion continues to shed light and love for the Lord through his interactions with his neighbors and others he encounters. He also regularly reminds those around him that as long as there is breath in your body, you can have hope.

Alan tells us his story

On this episode of the Gospel Con Carne podcast, we are joined by not one, but two Alan's! Joining our host, Alan Graham, is his friend and neighbor, Alan, who moved home to Community First! Village in December of 2019. Adopted as a baby, Alan built close relationships with his adoptive parents and fondly remembers his childhood growing up in north Austin. His life took a turn when he began using drugs as a young teenager, which led to a spiral that ultimately left him homeless. Since moving to Community First! Village, Alan has heavily relied on a Twelve Steps path of recovery for himself, while making amends with others in the process. Alan continues to improve on these steps every day and the work he's put in is reflective in his relationships with other neighbors and his deep desire to live servant-heartedly. While following the Twelve Steps has transformed Alan's life, he has found the most freeing part of the process to be the mending of relationships and rebuilding of the community that he lost along the way.

The Gospel Con Carne podcast is back! Join us this season as Mobile Loaves & Fishes' Founder & CEO, Alan Graham, and his guests tell the untold stories of individuals who have encountered homelessness. We are excited to kick off this season talking with Justin, one of Alan's neighbors in Community First! Village. Hear how Justin's family history of alcoholism ultimately took root in his own life, resulting in plenty of challenges along the way. Justin eventually found himself living a nomadic life out of his car, often hopping around different state parks or campgrounds. Since moving to Community First! Village in 2022, Justin has been able to find healing, both physically and emotionally, and now works on-site in the Village while building meaningful relationships with his neighbors. Through the ups and downs of his journey, Justin embodies what it means to just keep on going—because you never know what good things may lie ahead. 

Joins Jimmy for the latest from the Queensland Olympic Stadium discussion with Suncorp now in poll position to host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Graham Returns - The Murder of Jim Morrison and more4 days agoAlan Graham returns with more first hand accounts of his involvement with The Doors, the Intelligence Services and covert influencing.Alan is a legend you never heard of. A mover and shaker, an explorer and a priest. This chameleon-like man has stories first hand of what was the best time in music. Hendrix, The Stones, The Beatles... AND he was Jim Morrison's brother in law.Alan was there. He has the keys to the cupboard with the skeletons.Books and WebsiteAlan Graham's Video BlogAl Graham's TravelogueAlan Graham – Food CriticGhost Radio Network – podcast & videosWorldwide Crime Watch – podcast & videosAlan Graham's YouTube Channel

Alan Graham - Part 38 hours agoAlan Graham returns once again with more first hand accounts of his involvement with The Doors, the Intelligence Services and covert influencing.Alan is a legend you never heard of. A mover and shaker, an explorer and a priest. This chameleon-like man has stories first hand of what was the best time in music. Hendrix, The Stones, The Beatles... AND he was Jim Morrison's brother in law.Books and WebsiteAlan Graham's Video BlogAl Graham's TravelogueAlan Graham – Food CriticGhost Radio Network – podcast & videosWorldwide Crime Watch – podcast & videosAlan Graham's YouTube Channel

Alan Graham - Many Lives Well Lived.2 days agoAlan Graham is a legend you never heard of. A mover and shaker, an explorer and a priest. This chameleon-like man has stories first hand of what was the best time in music. Hendrix, The Stones, The Beatles... AND he was Jim Morrison's brother in law.This is a tour-de-force of tales, some grim, some bright, always memorable.Books and WebsiteAlan Graham's Video BlogAl Graham's TravelogueAlan Graham – Food CriticGhost Radio Network – podcast & videosWorldwide Crime Watch – podcast & videosAlan Graham's YouTube Channel

Suncorp Stadium played host to a lunch to serve hundreds of disadvantaged people over the Christmas Period. Alan Graham joined Peter Fegan to talk you through it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Suncorp Stadium General Manager, Alan Graham talking with Peter Psaltis about their  Annual Christmas Day Lunch for the Homeless and Disadvantaged.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we had Alan & Dorothy Graham sharing with us.

In this episode, you hear from Alan Graham. He shares how adversity has inspired him to shape his ambitions and how he is involved within his community. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/s-i-t-t-y/support

In this special episode of the Gospel Con Carne podcast, your host Alan Graham sits down with Brian Walsh, an author of one of Alan's favorite books, “Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement.” When asked about the inspiration behind Community First! Village, Alan frequently references Beyond Homelessness as a book that helped him gain a rich understanding of the true meaning of home. Alan also often explains how Mobile Loaves & Fishes intentionally uses this framework of home in the design of the Village. This year, on the book's 15th anniversary, Brian and his co-author, Steven Bouma-Prediger, have launched a new edition that includes a postscript in which they discuss the evolution of their ideas and share true stories of home and community built anew.

Home remedies and medical miracles, vanishing Dublin and 70 years of Waiting for Godot, with Alan Graham, Margaret Galvin, William Wall, Aoife Barry, Liam Lally and John F Deane

In far east Austin, Community First! Village continues to expand the footprint of its tiny home community for people exiting chronic homelessness. This week, Olivia takes a tour of the neighborhood and talks with Alan Graham, CEO of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, about the community's mission to create rooted connections in addition to housing. Later in the episode, Community Impact's Austin City Hall reporter Ben Thompson joins to discuss the results of the city's recent runoff elections and what Austinites can expect from their new leaders. The Austin Breakdown is a production of Community Impact. This episode was produced by Olivia Aldridge with editing by Marie Leonard. Weather and allergy reports are sourced from www.weather.com and AccuWeather. ***PATRON PROGRAM SIGN-UP: www.communityimpact.com/patron

This bonus Thanksgiving Week episode is brought to you by the Gospel Con Carne podcast. Hosted by Alan Graham, founder and CEO of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, the ‘Gospel Con Carne' podcast explores the woundedness of society through the untold stories of individuals who have encountered homelessness. "We are wrapping up this season of the Gospel Con Carne podcast with a powerful conversation with Tim Hawks, Lead Pastor of Hill Country Bible Church. A man of great faith who has been sharing the story of the Gospel in Austin for the past three decades, you'll hear a common theme behind Tim's vision that has connected his congregation to the work we do at Mobile Loaves & Fishes in serving our most vulnerable neighbors. Tune in as Tim discusses the benefits of stepping out of the comfort zone that our culture has created—one that leads to isolation and a sense of busyness—and into a life of adventure that God has wired us to thrive in: community." Enjoy! Find us on social media @hcbcaustin Find Mobile Loaves and Fishes on social media @mobileloaves

Alan Graham is approaching homelessness differently.In this episode, Bob Dalton interviews Alan on his initiative, Community First Village, a nonprofit that is not just providing homes for people transitioning out of homelessness and poverty, but is cultivating community.Located in Austin TX, Community First Village has a 51-acre master-planned development that provides affordable and permanent housing, an entrepreneurial program, a recreational center, and a community garden. Their goal is to expand to over 500 homes on the property and help people thrive long term.Learn more by visiting: www.mlf.org

Join Lee and Glenn for a chat with an Austin treasure, Alan Graham, founder of Mobile Loaves & Fishes and Community First! Village.  Hear from Alan the transition from big time real estate developer to first feeding the homeless through Mobile Loaves and Fishes now housing our homeless neighbors at Community First! Village with big expansion plans currently in the works to more than double the community's current capacity.   Be sure and check out all the great things Alan and his team continues to do and support his mission as able.  https://mlf.org/

Host of Kermit and Friends and from the Howard Stern Show, Elisa Jordana joins Chrissie Mayr to talk about her engagnement to Andy Dick, their open relationship, her friendship with the Howard Stern Wack Packers, Alan Graham's recent meltdown and more!

Did you know that there's a 51-acre planned development in northeast Austin, TX,  that provides affordable, permanent housing, an organic garden, microenterprise opportunities, and a supportive community for people coming out of chronic homelessness? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Alan Graham, founder, President and CEO of Mobile Loaves and Fishes, and “lead visionary” behind MLF's Community First! Village. Graham discusses his perspective on the cause of homelessness, and the solutions, starting with food and family.  Community First! Village offers a national model for preventing homelessness with dignity.Related website:  https://mlf.org/

Alan R. Graham, Ph.D., PCC, MCAC is Dean of ADHD Coach Training for Mentor coach. He coaches executives with business and organizational challenges AND adults, teens, children and parents impacted by ADHD. Alan has helped many individuals benefit from Cogmed Working Memory Training. Author of The Guide to ADHD Coaching: How to Find an ADHD Coach and What To Do When You Get One    Listen to this inspiring Parenting With Impact episode with Alan Graham about cultivating resilience in your kids Here is what was covered on this special archival episode: Resilience is what will get your kid thought touch times Parents have the power to help kids develop resiliency The stories we tell ourselves have a direct impact on our capability for resilience Connect with Alan: https://www.addvisor.com/ Get a copy of The Guide to ADHD Coaching: How to Find an ADHD Coach and What to do When You Get One Links to Related Articles: A Parent's Best Question: Is It Naughty or Neurological? How to Help (Without Enabling) Your Kid: The Four Roles of the Parent Top 10 Ways to Stop Meltdowns in Their Tracks In this FREE insider's guide from the experts at ImpactParents, learn 10 tips that will actually help you reduce the frequency and intensity of meltdowns for good! Used by parents all over the world, successfully help children manage their intense emotions and triggers so they learn to respond with respect and calm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Alan Graham, it is all about his relationships—with God, his family, staff members and certainly the homeless men and women he's been engaging on the streets of Austin for more than two decades. Alan is the founder and CEO of Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF), a social outreach ministry that provides food and clothing, cultivates community, and promotes dignity to homeless men and women in need. They also run Community First Village, a 51-acre master-planned community that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for the disabled, and chronically homeless in Central Texas. You are going to absolutely be moved and inspired. Enjoy. Learn more at: https://mlf.org/ Follow at @mobileloaves ________ Join the Finding Family Patreon & support the show at www.patreon.com/findingfamily Thanks to our sponsor: https://www.withlome.com/findingfamily Follow along and learn more about Finding Family at www.findingfamilypodcast.com Follow Julie on Instagram HERE and Chris HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/finding-family/message

If you've listened to the Gospel Con Carne podcast long enough, you know that relationships and the importance of community are recurring themes. This week's episode is a little more personal in nature, as host Alan Graham is joined by his older brother, Harrell, for a conversation down memory lane. The Graham siblings reflect on growing up in a time when community seemed to have a different meaning, and talk about the relational challenges of being raised in a household that was stricken with mental illness. Harrell and Alan also share the many ways Community First! Village is focused on building community in a generation that seems to be missing it, and find themselves in agreement on an important piece to the community puzzle—knowing your neighbors.

Alan is founder of Mobile Loaves and Fishes. An innovative mission that serves the chronically homeless by mobilizing others into a lifestyle of service. Follow Alan & Things We Discussed: • Mobile Loaves and Fishes • Book: Welcome Home: o https://mlf.org/welcome-homeless/ • Book: What Happened to You: o https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-UnderstandingResilience/dp/1250223180 Support this podcast! https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E356519&id=2

Paul and Tim are joined by Tim Burgess to talk vinyl and listening parties. Gareth jumps aboard for a special audio quiz. We get to grips with NFT streaming scams with Alan Graham...plus news, Record Store Day letters and all your usual crate digging larks. Hosts Paul Field and Tim Scullion Editor Tim Scullion Twitter: @WeBuyRecordsPod Twitter: @wmt_network Website: wemadethisnetwork.com

Paul Fletcher is a doctor, a researcher, and the Bernard Wolfe Professor of Health Neuroscience at Cambridge University. During our conversation, Paul talks about psychosis and the brain, the sheer strangeness of psychotic episodes, why the human mind produces delusions and hallucinations, some triggers and causes of temporary psychosis, how we might more ethically treat homeless people in a psychotic state, and how we have improved in our treatment of psychotic people.I also share my own experience with the terror and confusion of marijuana-induced psychosis. I hope that such stories might help others facing such a destabilizing and debilitating human experience feel less alone and less stigmatized.------------Support this podcast via VenmoSupport this podcast via PayPalSupport this podcast on Patreon------------Show notesLeave a rating on SpotifyLeave a rating on Apple PodcastsFollow "Keep Talking" on social media and access all episodesEmail subscribeEmail the show------------(00:00) Intro(00:51) Get to know Paul Fletcher(01:48) Paul Fletcher's background and how he developed an interest in psychosis(04:38) Understanding Jerome Lawrence's quote on psychosis(11:53) The difference between hallucinations and normal human experiences(23:49) Dan's marijuana-induced psychosis(37:45) What one can do to avoid transitory psychosis(41:39) The prevalence of transient psychotic breaks(45:46) Regaining normalcy after a psychotic break(49:15) Decreasing ignorance about psychosis and reducing its stigma(57:16) The video game "Hellblade," which highlights psychosis(01:05:02) The need to empathize with those experiencing psychosis(01:11:03) Alan Graham's Community First! Village in Austin, TX(01:18:02) Psychedelics' effect on the human brain(01:21:36) Potential ways to treat mental illness in the future

Fresh off of a cross-country move, Adrienne is starting a family and looking to make his house a home. It's a struggle to find a place — and the right people — where they feel like they belong. The conversation in the newest episode of our Good and Decent podcast uses some interesting stories to explore how we find “home.”  Adrienne and Sara speak with Daniel Baker, a neighborhood carpenter who creates home furnishings without the use of any power tools. The craftsmanship he invests in his pieces connects him to his community in a deep way — he wants to be present to his neighbors “from crib to coffin.”Building Furniture & Community for the Neighborhood They also speak with Alan Graham, who founded a 27-acre community of tiny houses and homes designed to lift up off the streets the most “outcast, lost, and abandoned people” in Austin, TX: the chronically homeless.Tiny House Community Shelters Homeless SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel for more!Connect with us on social media!InstagramTwitterFacebookPinterest Visit us at grottonetwork.com/Subscribe to our weekly newsletter

Join host Robert Strock in an interview with guest Alan Graham, founder of Community First! Village and Mobile Loaves and Fishes (MLF) of Austin, Texas. Graham organized and runs a permanent community that offers permanent housing to the unsheltered. However, 20 percent of residents are there voluntarily, coming from a wide range of successful backgrounds. The key to the community's success is the acceptance of everyone for where and who they are in their journey. Graham's time feeding and housing the unsheltered has brought home the importance of one-on-one connection with people. Learning to see and care for the unsheltered as brothers and sisters helps everyone feel valued and like they belong. In the 20s and 30s, caring for the unsheltered fell to the government, using a transactional versus a relational model. Going forward, efforts need to move toward relational, seeing people as people and loving them for it. Part of that relational quality is welcoming those with mental health issues into permanent communities, helping to address their needs while accepting them for who they are. Everyone, unsheltered or not, desires a purposeful life where they're valued. To reach the same success that's been reached at Community First!, there are needed changes in attitudes toward the most vulnerable. If we can learn to embrace and integrate service to the homeless into our societal culture, we can better understand and assist those in need. Read the transcription and listen to this episode at The Global Bridge Foundation

Community is critical to human nature. Most of us don't even interact with our neighbors anymore because of all our riches. What more the homeless population. Not all panhandlers are pillagers and plunderers. Most of them just want a community, and that is what Alan Graham did. Alan is the founder of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, an organization that supports and is of service to the homeless. Scott Carson brings Alan to discuss what his company is all about. Learn what the Community First Village is about and how easy it is to be a part of. Find out how Alan is planning on building his community for the future.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join the Note Closers Show community today:WeCloseNotes.comThe Note Closers Show FacebookThe Note Closers Show TwitterScott Carson LinkedInThe Note Closers Show YouTubeThe Note Closers Show VimeoThe Note Closers Show InstagramWe Close Notes Pinterest

In Today's “Deep Dive”:    Homelessness has now truly become a “2nd pandemic” in the US with encampments in cities all over the country making the challenges of this issue visible to the entire world. Have we reached a point of no return?    And in “Courage or Cringe”:    Tulsi Gabbard weighs in on race, Transgender sports decisions & Manhattan decriminalizes prostitution.    Is it true that racialization of culture is impacting the way we look at one another, or this insensitive naivety from those directly impacted?   Are we making progress on addressing transgender issues and policy or are the players involved simply passing the buck on a difficult issue?  Does decriminalization reduce negative impact and consequences on vulnerable people, or does it inadvertently support the very problems it's meant to address.    Deep Dive:  The Nation's Homelessness Pandemic  Nationwide:  https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/25/politics/homelessness-covid-relief-aid/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/25/politics/homelessness-covid-relief-aid/index.html)  In Los Angeles:  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-26/judge-carter-1-billion-escrow-homelessness (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-26/judge-carter-1-billion-escrow-homelessness)  https://nypost.com/2021/04/25/las-homeless-reportedly-booted-from-encampment-before-oscars/ (https://nypost.com/2021/04/25/las-homeless-reportedly-booted-from-encampment-before-oscars/)    Courage or Cringe:    Tulsi Gabbard tells everyone to stop “Racializing everything”  https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-urges-americans-stop-racialization-everyone-everything-1586293 (https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-urges-americans-stop-racialization-everyone-everything-1586293)    Federal Judge Dismisses Transgender Case  https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/judge-tosses-suit-sought-block-transgender-athletes-rcna758 (https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/judge-tosses-suit-sought-block-transgender-athletes-rcna758)    Manhattan no longer prosecutes prostitution   https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/nyregion/manhattan-to-stop-prosecuting-prostitution.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/nyregion/manhattan-to-stop-prosecuting-prostitution.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage)    Special Thanks to the folks in Austin who made this episode happen!  Sean Sciavolin   http://www.eccefilms.com/ (http://www.eccefilms.com/)  Alan Graham and Community First Village  https://mlf.org/community-first/ (https://mlf.org/community-first/)  John Papola & Emergent Order  https://eo.foundation/ (https://eo.foundation/)   Our Austin producer Nick Chamberlain  http://www.nccaudio.com/ (www.Nccaudio.com)  Support this podcast

Ep. 43 Alan Graham on Community First! Village by Michael Liam McCollum

Alan Graham Started Mobile Loaves and Fishes in 1998, a social outreach ministry that provides food and clothing, cultivates community, and promotes dignity to men and women in need.  He and four friends boldly answered their call to “love your neighbor” by delivering meals to men and women experiencing homelessness from the back of a green minivan. Since its founding, MLF volunteers have served more than 5 million meals with a side of hope to men and women living on the streets of Austin, and the organization has spawned similar food truck ministries in other cities across the U.S. Alan also is the lead visionary behind MLF's Community First! Village—a 51-acre master planned development in northeast Austin that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. Alan is a published author of the book Welcome Homeless: One Man's Journey of Discovering the Meaning of Home. He also is the host of the Gospel Con Carne podcast, which explores the woundedness of society through untold stories of individuals who have encountered homelessness.For more information and/or to donate to this incredible organization, please visit: https://mlf.org/To stay connected with Better Place Project and for updates and behind the scenes info, please follow us on social mediaInstagram: @BetterPlaceProj  To follow Steve & Erin on Instagram:@SteveNorrisOfficial @ErinorrisFacebook: Facebook.com/BetterPlaceProjectPodcastTwitter: @BetterPlaceProjEmail: BetterPlaceProjectPodcast@gmail.com

Alan Graham is the founder and CEO of Community First! Village.  During our conversation, Alan talks about how more than one hundred once chronically-homeless individuals now live at Community First!, the methods and principles of the village, and its plans for growth into the future.

Alan Graham is the author of Welcome Homeless, the incredible book we've been studying as a church. Alan is the founder and CEO of Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF), a social outreach ministry that provides food and clothing, cultivates community and promotes dignity to homeless men and women in need. Alan also is the lead visionary behind MLF's Community First! Village—a 51-acre master planned development in northeast Austin, Texas that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. // Chapters 11&12 of Welcome Homeless are summarized

Today's podcast features First Pres member Kathleen Skomorucha. Kathleen teaches Sunday School here at First Pres, serves on our Session, and has participated in the Matthew 25 Task Force.  Kathleen sits down with Sara Pantazes as they discuss the relational nature of service, her experiences with poverty in India, parenting and justice, and reflections the Welcome Homeless book by Alan Graham. // Chapters 7-8 of Welcome Homeless are summarized.

For Austin, Texas, Alan Graham is a revolutionary. Inspired by his personal relationship with God, Alan founded Mobile Loaves and Fishes, an outreach program that transformed from assisting the homeless to a full-time living community. Alan's transformation of hundreds of lives will motivate and inspire you. Check out Alan's podcast, Gospel con Carne, and order his book: Welcome Homeless: One Man's Journey of Discovering the Meaning of Home Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.