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 [...]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 [...]Read More
Holding onto Hope
I’ve been thinking a lot about the first Advent and the early years of Jesus’ childhood. I wonder what Mary was thinking as she brought her son into the world, so far from home. Instead of nesting she had to flee to Bethlehem. So much for planning a cozy home birth. And yet, she held [...]Read More
Our Turn to Wonder
Week One: Wonder Advent Blog Series featuring the Women of Cohort 8 The first Sunday in December marks the beginning of Advent, a season of expectant waiting and preparation of the coming Messiah. Our culture characterizes the season with carols, gift giving, and cheer. But, what many [...]Read More
Love
Love Alone by Andrea Ackermann “God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him…Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and [...]Read More
Joy
Finding Joy In Tribulation by Ivoire Morrell 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2-4 (NIV) When many of us think of joy, we picture [...]Read More