Entering this Advent season with acute aches and chronic longings, we're drawn to the ready gifts offered by A Rocha Arts partners. Lyric expressions taken from recently-released works serve as a spring from which each week's reflection flows. The final week of Advent: "Two worlds apart, come …
Sandra McCracken
Blessing The In-Between Spaces
By Mark McRenyolds, A Rocha USA's SoCal Project Director As profoundly expressed in Dr. David Taylor's entry, artists help us in seasons that don't make sense. Entering this Advent season with acute aches and chronic longings, we're drawn to the ready gifts offered by A Rocha Arts partners. Lyric …
Together in the Harvest: The Story Behind the Music
By Bethany Winz When A Rocha’s work in Nashville began to take shape several years ago, it became clear that music would play a role. Sandra McCracken, Nashville A Rocha Arts Director, says, “When we think about conservation in A Rocha, before we initiate any efforts we ask the question, ‘What …
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Doxology and Desire: Making Small Things New
By Sandra McCracken* Photo: Betty McCracken My father is a brilliant biology teacher, now retired. My mother is a thoughtful student of the Bible. They will have been married for 50 years this August. They have made records of their years of bird-watching in a worn Peterson Field Guide, …
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