By Priscilla & Elizabeth Perkins Devotional Webster defines well-being as “the state of being happy, healthy, or prosperous”. I feel ill-equipped to speak on a subject that has not been a part of my lineage in America. Maw Babe Perkins was a 15-year-old Mississippi slave in 1865. She …
How Can we Seek Wellbeing Together?
By Rev. Breana van Velzen Devotional Breath Prayers About Rev. Breana van Velzen Now executive director of Durham Congregations in Action, the Rev. Breana van Velzen was present at the intersection of faith and justice on behalf of Duke University Chapel from 2017-2022. …
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Is Your Being Well?
By Elia Hernandez-Moreno Devotional Breath Prayer About Elia Moreno Elia Moreno is the author of Permission to Rest and Living Intentionally, a book that depicts her own personal journey and hard-earned insights on the importance of adding value to the lives of others in just 90 …
“Teach me Lord, to wait…”
When I saw that Isaiah 40:29-31 would be the theme Scripture for the CCDA Conference this year, something within me resonated. The Scripture took me back to the days of my childhood, when, during our nightly prayer times with my parents, my dad would sing this Scripture over us. I distinctly …
When He Calls You By Name, an Easter Reflection
by Rev. Christine Youn Hung He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” Thinking he was the gardener, [Mary] said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” (Jn 20:15) Imagine Mary’s bone-tired weariness during the days leading to and following …
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A Never-ending, Multilayered Lent
By Dr. Sunny Sue Chang Jonas and Mrs. Ruth Cleghorn Lent. Can we begin by acknowledging the irony of a liturgical season that emphasizes longing and a waiting for the triumph of resurrection, “...at such a time as this” (Esther 4:14)? I recently was deeply blessed by a Lenten reflection …
The Imago Dei in Us All
Written by: Rev. Dr. Kevin Riggs & Rev. Kevin Burns Johnny is only in the fourth grade, but he has already been labeled by his teachers as a problem. He can’t sit still. He is disrespectful. He can’t keep his hands to himself. He is picked on by other students and is constantly getting in …
Dreams Conceived in the Waiting
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 …
