Welcome to #ccdaAdvent.CCDA invites you to consider what the hope of Advent meant for the women who were a pivotal part of Jesus's birth. Join us in a communal reflection on the very real ways Jesus's birth and incarnation required an unexplainable hope during a season of waiting and …
New Book Alert: “Count It All Joy” by Dr. John Perkins
by Jemar TisbyA living civil rights legend imparts a lifetime of hard-earned wisdom in what may be his final book.John’s Perkins had every reason to turn his back on God and on white people.Born into poverty in rural Mississippi, his mother died when he was just a baby, partially due to malnutrition …
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Spotlight: Voter Engagement & Support Networking Session
By Dr. Mary NelsonNow more than ever - voting, voter turnout, and good candidates - are crucial to the well-being of our communities. Local struggles on school boards, stances on redistricting, state budgets, as well as national issues on community safety and police shape the future of our …
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A Long Arc of Justice: The RICC
by Sunny Sue Chang Jonas“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Positive change can feel so arduous and slow. In a place like New Orleans, a city that finally felt like infrastructures and ecosystems were back on track after Hurricane Katrina …
Making Space for Latinx Voices
by Alma Lizette Cárdenas RodríguezOne of the arteries to the heart of CCDA is listening to the community. The kind of listening that creates space to listen to the groanings of the community-to sit with them. Listening to the community also allows us to reimagine, dream and contribute to making …
Reimagining Freedom & Privilege
An Excerpt from Subversive Witnessby Dominique DuBois GilliardOne day while Moses was tending Jethro’s flock, he encountered the angel of the Lord in a burning bush. As Moses investigated why the blazing bush was not consumed, God called Moses by name from within the bush. Moses responded by …
The Long Arc of Things: CCDA, Biblical Justice and the Imago Dei with Dr. Mary Nelson
The following is an excerpt from a conversation between Dr. Sunny Sue Jonas and CCDA founding member, Dr. Mary Nelson.I had the great opportunity to meet virtually with Dr. Mary Nelson this summer; we discussed things long past, and things very much present. She shared some of CCDA’s history and the …
Together for Hope’s Liminal Spaces for Rural Ministries
by Dr. Sunny Sue Chang JonasRural spaces no longer include only multi-generational, homestead-owning families. They include a different sort of marginalized population—one that feels financially and vocationally in transition. This has been true for a while with “migrant …
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