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Reflections on the 2020 CCDA Collective Gathering

by CCDA Guest on October 12, 2020

By Barbara Fiske | Life Coach, Spiritual Director, CCDA member, CCDA Cohort 6, Fresno CA Will these dry bones live again? This is the question the Lord asks in Ezekiel 37.  Remember that field of scattered bleached bones? Ezekiel responded, God, only you know.  What an appropriate [...]
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Lent Week 5: Fostering Intimacy With Christ

by CCDA Guest on March 26, 2020

Preparation

Preparation – Some Prayers Take Time 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.  Ecclesiastes 3:11 10 So do not fear, for I am with you;     do not be [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, General, Timeless Tagged With: devotional, Fostering Intimacy with Christ, Lent, prayer, preparation, waiting

Lent Week 4: Fostering Intimacy With Christ

by CCDA Guest on March 19, 2020

The Witness of Grace & Generosity “And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, General, Listening to the Community Tagged With: Covid-19, devotional, Fostering Intimacy with Christ, generosity, grace, Lent, trust

Lent Week 3: Fostering Intimacy with Christ

by CCDA Guest on March 11, 2020

Hope in the Ashes Two weeks ago, I found myself standing in my bathroom looking in the mirror. I couldn’t take my eyes off of my forehead. Emblazoned on my head was a dark, ashen cross; a reminder of my frailty and limitations. A visual to cue me in to the brokenness of the world, lest I [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, General Tagged With: Ashes, devotional, Fostering Intimacy with Christ, hope, Lent, Sin

Lent Week 2: Fostering Intimacy With Christ

by CCDA Guest on March 4, 2020

Lord Lead Me in the Way of Repentance As we focus on repentance, we remember that in Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness. There he spent 40 days and 40 nights and was tested by the devil.  I find it interesting that the Holy Spirit is the person leading [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA, Devotionals, General Tagged With: devotional, Forgiveness, Fostering Intimacy with Christ, Holy spirit, Lent, Renewal, repentance

Lent: Fostering Intimacy with Christ

by CCDA Guest on February 25, 2020

Lent 2020

Setting Your Intention Lent is a special time. As Christians, it’s a special time to engage The Living God through intentional times of prayer, fasting, contemplation, meditation, worship and other disciplines that foster intimacy with Christ. Lent provides an opportunity to intentionally [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, General Tagged With: devotional, Fostering Intimacy with Christ, Intention, Lent, Lenten season

Lenten Immerse: Prayers from the Holy Land

by Lisa Rodriguez-Watson on April 15, 2019

This week’s blog contains images from Lisa Rodriguez-Watson’s recent trip to the Holy Land. These images were taken in Bethlehem on the separation wall between the West Bank and Israel. As we observe Holy Week, these images and corresponding prayers can serve as reminder of the purpose of the [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, General, Justice Initiatives & Advocacy, Listening to the Community Tagged With: devotional, Lent

Lenten Immerse: Hope

by Lisa Rodriguez-Watson on April 8, 2019

Spring - she’s the audacious, extravagant sister of all the seasons.  Breaking through death, she burgeons in both vibrant and pastel hues, and her flowers emanate abundant fragrance. The sights, the smells and even the sounds of Spring can seem an exaggeration after the long darkness of [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, General Tagged With: devotional, Lent, Lent 2019, Lenten Immerse

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Reflecting on Monterey Park

By CCDA Guest

*Note: this piece was written before the violence that occurred in Half Moon Bay. We lament the [...]
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