By Daniel Walker I recently took a tour through the old Cabrini Green area in Chicago. This once infamous low-income housing project has now vanished. Today, the area is completely gentrified with high-priced condos, beautiful parks and thriving restaurants and shops. Seeing the new community [...]Read More
The Church’s Role in Mass Incarceration
by Dominique Gilliard Every year, Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) dedicates a week to national awareness and action to engage mass incarceration, a time where we call our members to consider what a faithful response to mass incarceration entails. Locked in Solidarity has always [...]Read More
A Call to Love
by Kapria Jenkins Morrell I’m a criminal. My crime. I’m black. And, yes, in 2019, the hue of my beautiful black skin is still a crime in America. More than a half century after the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 (which is said to have ended segregation and discrimination in public places) [...]Read More
Love
Love Alone by Andrea Ackermann “God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him…Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and [...]Read More
Joy
Finding Joy In Tribulation by Ivoire Morrell 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2-4 (NIV) When many of us think of joy, we picture [...]Read More
Peace
Peace In Thin Places by Bruce Rhodes This advent 2018, I’ve been thinking about how much darker the world would be if God had not revealed himself to the humble humans that make up the Christmas story. The messages God sent to his people prepared the world for a sacred moment: the [...]Read More
Hope
Hope by Adriana Mondragon-Hill Through every mountain high and every valley low, God reveals Himself to be true to His Word and promises. I choose to trust Christ daily, especially during seasons of turbulence, whether in my personal life or throughout the world. Trusting Christ reminds me [...]Read More
CCDA Restructure
In 2016, CCDA leadership initiated an internal transformation process as part of a commitment to make the organization a great place to work. The first step was to align CCDA’s values and decision-making processes. CCDA’s management team members each took the lead for one core value to assure that [...]Read More