It’s Showtime at the DoubleTree! It’s October 2, 2025, and you know what that means? Yes, we know it’s National Fried Scallops Day, but that is not the big deal. Today is Hope CDA Day as recognized by the Cedar Rapids City Council. It is also the day we celebrate all that God is doing […]
Sometimes, You Just Need a Good Cry Maybe there’s no crying in baseball, but you may be wondering how God views crying, or any other emotion for that matter. Does God care that we have emotions? Does He think they are ok for us to have? That may seem like a very odd series of […]
The Devil’s at Your Door A few weeks ago, I wrote about the description that Peter gives of the Devil as a roaring lion. This comes out of 1 Peter 5:8, which tells us: Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Satan is very […]
There’s Something about Lavonne On June 9, Steve Yarbrough will become the fifth man to graduate the Hope CDA Life Transformation Program this year and will be the 20th in the last 40 months. At the current pace, Hope CDA is expected to see a 73 percent graduation rate this year, the highest in its […]
He Is Always Close… And So Are We One of the goals of this newsletter is to provide an encouraging message each week. At Hope CDA, we always want to encourage our brothers and sisters, whether they are participants in the program, staff or volunteers, or people who are involved in the program in other […]