An excerpt by Dr. Amy Kenny "God told me to pray for you,” she says. Her words linger like cloying perfume in a claustrophobicspace. “God wants to heal you!” She is undoubtedly thrilled with this opportunity.I’ve been here before. It never ends well. This woman does not know me. She doesn’t [...]Read More
Reimagining Freedom & Privilege
An Excerpt from Subversive Witnessby Dominique DuBois Gilliard One 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 [...]Read More
Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods
God has taken me on an incredible journey. I was once a young man who was itching to get as far away as possible from my neighborhood. Now, twenty years later, as an unplanned returning resident, I love Englewood passionately and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. Church Forsaken shares this [...]Read More
Witnessing the power of CCD principles
My first introduction to CCDA was reading the book, "Restoring At-Risk Communities" by John M. Perkins in 1999 and subsequently attending the New York CCDA Conference in 2000. The book in itself had already turned my world upside down. Then, being at the Conference and amongst so many beautiful [...]Read More
An Invitation Into a Life of Community, a Book Review
“Life in community is no less than a necessity for us––it is an inescapable ‘must’ that determines everything we do and think.” ––Eberhard Arnold “We live in a social order that has confused freedom with the isolation of the self. We may think we know one another, but our ‘knowing’ only [...]Read More
Living out Where the Cross Meets the Street – Book Review
“I am convinced that we can no longer maintain old paradigms of ministry that compartmentalize and truncate the work of the kingdom and still make an impact in our world, which is in need of love and restoration.” Some of us spend a lot of time in the streets. In our neighborhoods, in our [...]Read More
Empowerment Book
Published: January 2010 Price: 10.00 (+$3 shipping) To Order: email [email protected] - or - contact CCDA Order this with the Empowerment DVD and save 20%! Price together: $20.00 (+$3 shipping) Description: The way we as Christians attempt to restore communities can be either harmful or [...]Read More