by Roy Rhodes Impact Temple Church occupies an old warehouse that's been repurposed into a church. The brick structure is quite solid, and six years of renovations have transformed the building into a fairly versatile space. So, for the second year in a row, we have served as one of two warming [...]Read More
How to Support Asians and Asian Americans in the Face of Violence
How to Support Asians and Asian Americans in the Face of Violence by Dr. Joyce del Rosario My social media feed has a string of reports of new uprisings of violence against Asians and Asian Americans. I was recently part of a panel gathered by an Asian American United Methodist group to [...]Read More
Reflections on the 2020 CCDA Collective Gathering
By Barbara Fiske | Life Coach, Spiritual Director, CCDA member, CCDA Cohort 6, Fresno CA Will these dry bones live again? This is the question the Lord asks in Ezekiel 37. Remember that field of scattered bleached bones? Ezekiel responded, God, only you know. What an appropriate [...]Read More
Navigating the work/home/church/school Life
Dear CCDA familia, I hope you are doing well in light of the ongoing supports and strictures of the coronavirus pandemic we are experiencing. As an educator, mom of a fifth and third grader, and wife of a professor, the Jonas family purviews of e-learning have been varied and intersecting. I feel [...]Read More
Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
By Robert Chao Romero Rosa was excited about attending her first college lecture. She was valedictorian, the star student of her local CCDA youth development program, and the first of her family to attend college. Rosa’s Mom and Dad were deacons in their local church and had brought her up [...]Read More
A Foundation of Justice
By Mayra Macedo-Nolan, CCDA Board Chair The majestic crown of the City of Roses, otherwise known as Pasadena City Hall, was the backdrop for two protests that drew significantly diverse crowds in support of the #blacklivesmatter movement. Dozens of faith leaders and their congregations, a [...]Read More
CCDA’s Response in this Critical Moment
Dear CCDA Family, There are moments when it is difficult to know what to say as leaders. Many of us find ourselves in such a moment as we try to comprehend what is ever-present before us. This week, we watched as Minneapolis resident George Floyd desperately pleaded for his life, while an [...]Read More
A Story of Hope: Loving Immigrants and the Homeless during Covid-19 in Austin, TX
Pastor Aaron & Dr. Michelle Reyes It was another hot day in Austin. Our shirts felt sticky from the heat as we hauled another 10-gallon jug of water to the homeless camp near our home. Tucked away under a major overpass in East Austin is a row of fifteen tents, each a different color and [...]Read More