Community development Archives - Page 8 of 15

Taking Root and Growing

I have heard many people talk about wishing that they could go on a cruise or live in a tropical...

On Epiphany Sunday, we posted a reflection on the lectionary text appointed for the day in lieu of...

The times during which Jesus was born resemble those of today; they were violent. Herod the Great...

Protesting. Rioting. Marching. Walking. Those words can conjure any number of images to mind. In...

Small Training Initiatives that Make a Difference During 2019, the passage from Matthew 13:31-32...

The week of March 8, 2020, the Church of Christ in Congo (ECC) began its 50th Golden Jubilee...

At the end of my second day at Pringle Home for Children, a girl came running to me out-of-breath...

On January 12, 2020, after 43 years since its last eruption (1977), the Taal volcano erupted. An...

When I contemplate the upcoming partnership with the United Church of Christ of the Philippines...

When we stepped across the threshold into Kodae’s house in Lospalos, I could tell he wasn’t...

As we consider God’s blessings, we are in awe of His immense goodness toward us. The greatest...

In December, Melel Xojobal hosted the Second National Child Workers Retreat in San Cristóbal. My...

Advent and Christmas went by in a flash. Now we’re well into 2020. Even when I was a young kid,...

“You know(?)… I love you, Ms. Rachel. I’d do anything for you.” These are the words of...

This morning as I walked to the elevator, all disguised in my sunglasses and anti-particulate face...