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Harvest Hands ministry, founded by Courtney and Brian Hicks, has discovered a way to teach teenagers job skills and responsibility through coffee and soap. It all began in a renovated old church in an under-resourced neighborhood in South Nashville with the goal of establishing after-school programs …
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Reflections from Malawi and LaVillita on Caring for Creation Recently, I watched a segment of Piers Morgan Live on the topic of global warming. Much of the discussion was focused on the science of what experts believe to be the causes of the planet's continual climate disruption and its possible …
The vision of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) is to see wholistically restored communities with Christians fully engaged in the process of transformation. We believe that God wants to restore us not only to a right relationship with Himself but also …
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Where were you when the explosions took place during the Boston Marathon? I was in Washington DC having just completed speaking at a conference and getting ready for a full week of meetings on immigration. Like most Americans, I was devastated to hear the news and to see the TV coverage of the bombs …
Wednesday, April 17th was the Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action for Immigration Reform. Hundreds of people gathered in Washington for a morning of worship and prayer. The afternoon was spent visiting legislators and asking them to vote for the recently introduced …
As Christians around the world gathered for Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday celebrations this past weekend, it caused me to reflect a great deal about the connection between the suffering and passion of Christ and the plight of the undocumented in our nation. This past year, an amazing surge of …
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Dear CCDA Familia, As most of you know by now, our dear brother Richard Twiss left this life after suffering a massive heart attack while attending the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC on February 6th. A memory I will forever treasure is the opportunity I had to pray for Richard, his …
In light of Black History month, I want to take the time to provide a tangible example of how racism in the U.S. has evolved from what we’ve recognized it to be in the past--- an overt individual act of discrimination---into a more elusive existence in the present, a systemic injustice that …
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