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 [...]Read More
Advent Begins in the Dark
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 [...]Read More
#ccdaAdvent: God dwells
CCDA invites you to explore how the themes in Ezekiel prepare us for the advent of the Messiah. Join us in a communal reflection on the very real ways the birth and incarnation initiated a revival during a season of waiting and darkness. If you have missed the others in this series, read the first [...]Read More
#ccdaAdvent: Love-soaked resurrection
CCDA invites you to consider what the hope of Advent can mean in the midst of a global pandemic, pervasive uncertainty, and agonizing loss. Drawing from Ezekiel 37, we explore life after the Breath of God revives the dry bones. Together let us explore how the themes in Ezekiel prepare us for [...]Read More
#ccdaAdvent: An army rises from the dry bones
Devotional written by: Lorenzo Watson, CCDA Staff"So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army."-Ezekiel 37:10-All at once, the bones in Ezekiel 37 represent the life that has passed and life that is still to [...]Read More
#ccdaAdvent: The breath of God enters the world
CCDA invites you to consider what the hope of Advent can mean in the midst of a global pandemic, pervasive uncertainty, and agonizing loss. Drawing from Ezekiel 37, we explore life after the Breath of God revives the dry bones. Together let us explore how the themes in Ezekiel prepare us for [...]Read More
Lent Week 7: Fostering Intimacy with Christ
Humility21 A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). Mark 15:21-22I’ll be honest, it hasn’t [...]Read More
Lent Week 6: Fostering Intimacy With Christ
Serving in the Time of Anguish!Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began [...]Read More