by Heather Beaudoin As a CCDA member and staff member of Equal Justice USA, I’ve been incredibly grateful to CCDA for giving us the opportunity to host a networking session during the annual national conference. This will mark the 4th year that we’ve hosted a networking session, and looking back, [...]Read More
The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Declaring Eternal Hostility to Racism
By Dr. Kit Danley 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Continuing the Sacrifice for our Future" Our family and our ministry have lived embedded in a multi-ethnic/largely Latino community for almost 40 years. Though we have lived in communities of [...]Read More
Woke … to “Grace”
Psalm 51:1 – “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion. The Magdalen, a Garden and This by Kathleen O’Toole She who is known by myth and association as sinful, penitent, voluptuous perhaps... but faithful to the last and then beyond. A [...]Read More
Woke…to “the Struggle”
Presta Atenciõn! The Lenten Journey of Attention Psalm 121:1-2 I lift my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Saint Kateri was the first Native American woman to be canonized. She was daughter of a Mohawk chief and an [...]Read More
Woke … to “Disciplined Love”
During the fourth week of this Lenten season, we reflect on a disciplined love. "We must live by the love of what we will never see..." … and we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character, and character hope, and hope does not disappoint us … Romans [...]Read More
Woke… to “Seeing”
But a Samaritan (foreigner), who was traveling, came upon him; and when he saw him, he was deeply moved with compassion [for him]. — Luke 10:33, Amplified Bible (AMP) Kindness By Naomi Shihab Nye Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a [...]Read More
Woke… to “Suffering”
Isaiah 53:4 – “Surely our griefs He himself bore, and our sorrow He carried: Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted”. Night Thoughts by William F. Bell It is our emptiness and lowliness that God needs, and not our plenitude. —Mother [...]Read More
Ash Wednesday, the Beginning of a 40 Day Journey to Follow Jesus More Deeply
By Kit DanleyToday marks the beginning of the season of Lent, the 40 days before Easter. Lent is traditionally associated with “giving things up” and “giving to those in need”. As non-traditional Christians, Lent is being re-discovered by us fueled by the desire for a 40 day journey into the [...]Read More