Oct 17, 2023 | Justice, Uncategorized
(A shared reflection, by Elizabeth and Ivy) The CCDA . . . This was my second year attending the Christian Community Development conference and I know going forward it will be perpetually marked off on my calendar – it is a time where I am at once refreshed and...
Aug 4, 2023 | Gratitude, Micah six:eight, Serving, Uncategorized, Worship
Thomas Merton (1915-1968), a Christian theologian who wrote in the twentieth century stated, “Gratitude is the heart of the solitary life, as it is the heart of the Christian life”. He taught that we as Christians can change the climates of our mind and shape it into...
Jul 31, 2023 | Discipleship, Generosity, Giving, Gratitude, Housing Justice, Justice, Micah six:eight, Serving, Uncategorized
It’s been a little over two weeks since we had the privilege of leading a Micah experience with a middle school youth group from Highrock church. What an experience! We served and learned alongside this amazing group of middle-schoolers, high school leaders and some...
May 26, 2023 | Housing Justice, Justice, Serving, Uncategorized
In Kevin Nye’s Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness he states, “It is important as Christians to recognize that our call is to engage and dismantle systemic injustices, because they are unjust, not because they inconvenience us and cause us to...
Feb 24, 2023 | Gratitude, Uncategorized
Thank God it’s Friday! Praise the Lord! If you are reading this right now, guess what? God has carried you through the week, and that in and of itself is a blessing. Despite any of the trials, tribulations, or circumstances of life, we are alive and breathing. With...