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 …
The Waiting is Uncomfortable
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 …
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#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 …
#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 …
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#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 …
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#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 …
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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 …
