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Lent Week 6: Fostering Intimacy With Christ

by CCDA Guest on April 2, 2020

Serving in the Time of Anguish! Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and [...]
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Lent: Fostering Intimacy with Christ

by CCDA Guest on February 25, 2020

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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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Lenten Immerse: Humility

by CCDA Guest on March 15, 2019

Humility can seem like such a paradox: we are expected to give our best, while practicing freedom from praising ourselves. This can seem like an elusive task at times, especially in our American culture of self reliance and competition for perfection. It is difficult to detach from social [...]
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Lenten Immerse: Self Examination

by Lisa Rodriguez-Watson on March 11, 2019

Life’s distractions have a way of steering us away from our true selves as intended by Christ. In our non-stop culture we desperately need Lent, a season meant to reset our perspectives and practices.   Even when busy-ness binds our souls, Lent positions us to pause and reflect upon Christ’s work [...]
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Lenten Immerse: Lament

by Lisa Rodriguez-Watson on March 5, 2019

Over the course of the next 6 weeks of Lent, CCDA is inviting you into a Lenten journey.  Each week we will suggest a new spiritual discipline for you, your small group, or church to practice.  Excerpts from our Immerse online curriculum will be highlighted to prompt your thoughts and lead [...]
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Woke … to “Grace”

by AnnaC on March 25, 2018

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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 [...]
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Woke…to “the Struggle”

by AnnaC on March 25, 2018

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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 [...]
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