CCDA's local network in the Pacific Northwest recently organized a compelling training session for their network members, focusing on the theology of CCD principles. The event featured Rev. Dominique Gilliard, and was held in conjunction with the highly anticipated 2023 Perkins Lecture Series. Part [...]Read More
Embracing our Journey with Disability, Neurodivergence, and CCD
by Stephanie Answer About 12 years ago my husband and I got connected to the CCD philosophy when we attended CCDA’s first Immersion in 2011. We knew, at that moment, we had found our people. It was encouraging to be in a room of folks who were embodying and practicing this philosophy of [...]Read More
Half Half
by Dr. Sunny Sue Chang Jonas In 1992, May was officially designated as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.* As an Asian American, I am grateful to stand on the shoulders of those who identified as such before us and to stand alongside those who currently identify as Asian American. We [...]Read More
Communal Stories for Community Thriving
by Chandra Crane As a Mixed Thai-American minister working with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the Jackson Metro area, one of the things that first drew me to the Christian Community Development Association is the emphasis on listening to the community in which we are serving. Healthy [...]Read More
Uvalde: 1 Year Later
by Christina Foor & Norma Ruiz Read Part 1 of this blog here. It’s been a year since the terrible mass shooting that happened in my hometown of Uvalde. Last year, I reflected on Mark 4 as a way to process the deep despair and hope I was feeling in that moment. This year, the story of the [...]Read More
Listening for Change: From Food Pantry to Co-Op Market
HOTEL INC is a community development center located in the Delafield neighborhood of the West End of Bowling Green, KY. We work with neighbors who experience chronic material poverty and with people across our county experiencing homelessness. Our area’s poverty rate can be as high as 44%. In March [...]Read More
Peace in the Storm: Reflections on the 2023 Border Southwest Conference
Reflections by: Reflections by Nancy Lam Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach, Abara Borderland Connections in El Paso “Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose,” the quote by Martha Postlethwaite, a United Methodist pastor, spiritual director, and counselor for addiction [...]Read More
For People in Prison, a Listening Ear Can Make All the Difference
by Paige Deur Matthew grew up in a Christian family. At nineteen, he gave his life to Christ and began to see his life transform. Four years later, he found his life falling apart as he sunk into depression. “This was at the beginning of my marriage when I was supposed to be happy, but I [...]Read More