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Follow the Women

by Mary Beth Meadows on November 23, 2022

Welcome to #ccdaAdvent. In the midst of darkness, oppression, and marginalization, Christ entered the scene of the first Advent and paved the way for our communal wellbeing. This Advent season, we invite you to consider what wellbeing meant for the community of first Advent. What lessons may we [...]
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Filed Under: Advent, Devotionals Tagged With: advent, advent2022, devotional, Mary, wellbeing, women

Dreams Conceived in the Waiting

by Alma Lizette Cárdenas-Rodríguez on December 17, 2021

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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Filed Under: CCDA, Devotionals Tagged With: advent, advent2021, devotional, dream, Mary, waiting

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

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Reflecting on Monterey Park

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*Note: this piece was written before the violence that occurred in Half Moon Bay. We lament the [...]
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We at CCDA are not strangers to the deep impact violence has on our communities. Over the years, [...]
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