by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 15, 2016 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“Love is born in every act of compassion and justice.” ~ D. S. Jakota Today, many around the world are praying for Aleppo. Hearts are heavy as tens of thousands of trapped civilians gasp for breath in a war zone. Since Monday of this week, many have been posting...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 8, 2016 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“God in Jesus came not as the victorious conqueror that many then—and perhaps some now—wished he would. Rather, Jesus came and comes as Emmanuel, God with us, the one who does not eliminate all our troubles but accompanies us through them; the one who holds onto us...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 30, 2016 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“God is in the advent wilderness of this holy season. God knows what I look like in my bathrobe, all alone late at night. And never once has God suggested that the sight is pathetic. Instead, in those empty hours God says, ‘Talk to me. Then be still and know that I am...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 23, 2016 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
he classroom, with all its limitations, remains a location of possibility. In that field of possibility we have the opportunity to labor for freedom, to demand of ourselves and our comrades, an openness of mind and heart that allows us to face reality even as we...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 16, 2016 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“. . .we may want to turn off the noise and hope for some much needed peace. But now is not the time to reach for a sedative—whether over the counter, prescribed from a physician, or even from comfortable faith. Now is the time to pay attention, careful...
