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 …
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Meeting Hopes and Fears
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 Third Week of Advent: Bethlehem by Kellie …
Oh Bethlehem! Oh Austin!
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 Second Week of Advent: "Oh sweet town of …
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 …
The Sounding of Sorrows
By W. David O. Taylor Like many in the A Rocha community, I felt gutted by the news of the sudden death of Miranda, Chris and Susanna in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. My immediate response was a blank mind. I simply couldn’t wrap my mind around the nightmarish accident that had taken place half …
Discovery and Wonder at Creation Care Camp
This summer, nine churches around the country piloted Wild Wonder Year Two: Care. Mary Anne Inglis hosted a group at her home in North Carolina and shares some reflections on her experience. “Awesome!” “This is so neat!” “Why can’t school be like this?” are just a few of the quotes I have heard …
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Wild Wonder In Action: A Conversation with Krista Vossler and Blake Mathews
Krista Vossler and Blake Mathews live in Austin, Texas. Last summer, they coordinated Wild Wonder with Blake as camp director and Krista as a group leader. The camp served twenty students, aged four to ten. Below is a conversation about their experience. What do you think were the students' …
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The Gift of a Spider
By Chelsea Lam Despite my caffeine, car worship, lavender oiled temples, and the rockstar volunteers that surrounded me, morning four of camp had me feeling less like a ‘granola Mary Poppins’ and more like Katniss in the arena. “Hawks, Coyotes, find your groups and have a seat please!” I …
Saying Goodbye to A Season of Wild Wonder
Wild Wonder | A Rocha Creation Care Camp from A Rocha USA on Vimeo. In some parts of the country, the long, hot days of summer are still in full swing. In other parts, the nights are already cooler, and school is already back in. Across the country, families are starting to ease out of summer …
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Cultivating Wonder
Recently, we had a brief few days of sun amidst what has been a record-breaking year for rainfall in the Pacific Northwest. While residents here tend to be intrepid when it comes to exploring nature in the rain and mud, I’m somewhat less so, and the sun provided a great reason to get outside. We …