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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

Holding onto Hope

by CCDA Guest on December 9, 2019

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 [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, Immigration Tagged With: advent, devotional, hope, immigration, Mary, Nativity, sanctuary

Hope

by CCDA Guest on November 21, 2018

Hope by Adriana Mondragon-Hill Through every mountain high and every valley low, God reveals Himself to be true to His Word and promises. I choose to trust Christ daily, especially during seasons of turbulence, whether in my personal life or throughout the world. Trusting Christ reminds me [...]
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Planting Seeds of Hope

by Warren, Michelle on May 29, 2018

A reflection on the intersection of gardening & activism I’ve been thinking about seeds a lot lately. It’s Spring, and I’m a gardener. Years ago I moved to a house with a small patch of dirt  – about three square feet. One day as I was at my local Walgreens I saw seed packets marked 10 for $1. [...]
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