Leader Noel Castellanos' opening welcome at the CCDA National Conference in Raleigh was not one of cheerleading, affirmation, and encouragement to stay in the trenches, continue the good fight. It was not a ra-ra start. Nope, he opened on the starting line where all followers of Christ should begin. Lament. Grieving the broken world. Hearts broken by the brokenness that grieves God's heart. Holy discontent. Looking (literally at photos) at the pain and agony on the faces of God's beloved children across the country and world.
God heard the cries of humanity, and he came down, in the flesh, to engage the pain. To dwell among us. To serve sacrificially, even unto death, in order to redeem and make new. He heard. He saw. He grieved. He acted.
Lament: the appropriate place to begin.
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