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“Rest a while”

by CCDA Guest on September 13, 2011

  New Year reflections for ministry leaders "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while." (Mark 6:31, NRSV) When Jesus spoke those words of reward and guidance to his apostles, they had just reported back to him about their most ambitious training venture to date. He [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, Listening to the Community

Rural Surprises

by CCDA Guest on September 13, 2011

  Go to the people... The past 12 months have been a crash course for me on the realities of doing ministry in rural areas and small towns across America... For example, even though I’ve traveled regularly to Jackson, Mississippi to see my friend John Perkins, it wasn’t until last year [...]
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Filed Under: General, Listening to the Community

A Beautiful View

by CCDA Guest on September 13, 2011

Coming home to Vista Hermosa When they were teenagers, Suzanne Broetje and Laura Peréz moved with their families to a valley along the Snake River in southeastern Washington State. Their first experiences of the place couldn’t have been more different. Suzanne’s parents, Cheryl and Ralph [...]
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Filed Under: General, Immigration, Justice Initiatives & Advocacy, Listening to the Community

CCDA’s Beginnings

by CCDA Guest on September 13, 2011

For two decades, CCDA has inspired, trained and connected Christians who are restoring under-resourced communities throughout the world. The annual National Conference, which began with 200 attendees, now attracts a faithful, multi-racial contingent of 2000-plus. In the words of Dr. John Perkins and [...]
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To Define a Neighborhood

by CCDA Guest on September 13, 2011

The CCDA Institute in Augusta, GA Who has the privilege of defining a neighborhood, of naming its assets and its needs? The city of Augusta, Georgia, is eyeing its Harrisburg neighborhood as a potential site for development because of its prime location. The press has defined Harrisburg as a [...]
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Filed Under: General, Listening to the Community, Membership

God’s Not Busy: Are You?

by CCDA Guest on September 13, 2011

  Encounter. New York City. Times Square. Hungry. “Welcome to McDonald's, CAN I HELP YOU!" said the young lady behind the counter as she rolled her eyes. It wasn't spoken as a question, but as an expression of anger and annoyance for having her life interrupted. As a Neuyorican, a bicultural [...]
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Birmingham Yet?

by CCDA Guest on September 13, 2011

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is proud of his tent city. On his Web site for reelection as sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, he touts the camp as a cost-effective, “austere but humane” solution to jail overcrowding in a county that aggressively rounds up undocumented immigrants—and that, under SB 1070, [...]
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Filed Under: General, Justice Initiatives & Advocacy, Membership

The Mayor Moves In

by CCDA Guest on September 13, 2011

An Interview with Wally Bryan of Challenge House For most of the 1990s, Wally Bryan was mayor of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. After the turn of the millennium, he was in semi-retirement, living in what he calls the outer-city, and feeling “a little adrift.” He read Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life and [...]
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