Legacy of Footprints
June 9, 2010 • written by Rebecca Urrutia, Student Life Editor
Filed under Spirituality, Student Life, featured
Everywhere we go, in everything we do, we leave a trail of footprints. Some people leave soft, impermanent indentations in the path behind them; others hard, lasting impressions that seem to be etched in stone. Some footprints will last for generations, enduring even the strongest tempests, while others... Read more »
A Faith That’s “Straight Up Illegal!”
May 3, 2010 • written by Danielle Germaine and Rebecca Urrutia
Filed under Spirituality, Student Life, featured
Imagine walking through the streets of a country where it is illegal to share your faith under the threat of imprisonment. For a handful of CCA students, this was reality. Read on to hear the stories of God’s faithfulness, both in Uganda with the Liquid Ministry and in North Africa with the Varsity... Read more »
School Leaders Speak About…Discipleship
April 22, 2010 • written by Danielle Germaine
Filed under Spirituality, Student Life, featured
No doubt you have heard the word “discipleship” uttered at some point this week—in a teacher’s lecture, between classes, or maybe even in the morning announcements. Though it may appear trite to the casual onlooker, this integral word has good reason to ring through every crevice and cranny... Read more »
LIES: It Starts Out As A Seed
April 22, 2010 • written by Rebecca urrutia
Filed under Spirituality, Student Life, featured
William Post had it all. Every American envied him when he won $16.2 million dollars in the Pennsylvania lottery. $16.2 million! But his “happily ever after” dream did not turn out as he expected. In an interview, Post said, “I wish it never happened. It was totally a nightmare.” Within one year... Read more »
Lunchtime Revolution
March 17, 2010 • written by Joe Rogers
Filed under Spirituality, Student Life, featured
“Father, tear our walls down. We hide behind so many motions and exhausting, half-hearted statements. ‘I’ll pray for you,’ ‘God bless.’ Since when did my faith follow a script? Take me, Lord, from this maze of expectations. I need to find my way back to You.” Every Friday, CCA students... Read more »
Untimely DEATH
March 17, 2010 • written by Avery Reeder
Filed under Spirituality, Student Life, featured
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2,426,264 individuals lost their lives in 2006. When averaged, 6,647 people died daily. In other words, over two million families and friends mourn the loss of a loved one each year, and over six thousand each day. Between all these numbers... Read more »
UP CLOSE & PERSONAL Knowing God and Making Him Known
March 11, 2010 • written by Alexandra Gomez
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Life is a long lesson in humility, unity, grace, and leadership. This we learned as an eighth grade class on our first missions trip to the Bahamas last month. These simple four words, often used to describe the qualities required in a missionary, were the basic pillars of a series of exercises and... Read more »
The CCA Covenant
February 18, 2010 • written by Rebecca Urrutia
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For the past several weeks in CCA High School, the word “covenant” has probably been mentioned over a hundred times, creating mixed emotions in the student body. Responses vary from, “I don’t want it to be held over our heads if we mess up,” to “I think it’s a good heart check, it’ll... Read more »
Mexico: The Untold Chapter (Exclusive Edition)
February 4, 2010 • written by Rebecca Urrutia, Danielle Germaine, and Joe Rogers
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Forever Family
January 21, 2010 • written by Rebecca Urrutia
Filed under Spirituality, Student Life
“I was five years old when I was put in foster care, and since then I have spent most of my life in and out of foster homes,” says Raven Agarth, a sophomore at CCA. In her sixteen years of life, Raven has lived in a total of fourteen different houses. Each time it was a new place, new faces and... Read more »
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