Dear Caldwell, I wanted to follow up on a few items: Information on Marie Mancinelli and Terry Nilles on the Loss of Their Parents For Marie’s late father, Al, who died Sunday night: Visitation will be Wednesday night 6-8 p.m. at the Clay Barnett Funeral Home in Shelby. The memorial service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at …
Dear Caldwell, Last night, I attended the showing of the movie “13,” which unblinkingly traces how mass incarceration took deep root in America thanks to the diablolical blend of misspent political and corporate power. In the structured dialogue afterward, one member of my small group openly and courageously confessed to how shocked he was by the …
Dear Caldwell, Today (Friday, Jan. 6) is the Epiphany of the Lord. It comes as we ended the season of Christmastide yesterday. In Epiphany, we celebrate the incarnation of our Savior, Christ Jesus. We rejoice in the “cross-shaped” light that is God come into the world for our sake, descending along a vertical access and …
Dear Caldwell, Apparently, thousands of children and their parents are up in arms after this Christmas because their toy Hatchables don’t work as advertised. A “Hatchable” is a toy egg with a fuzzy toy creature inside, retailing for $59.99-$79.999 a piece. Children and parents are complaining because their Hatchables are taking longer than advertised to hatch. “The advertisement …
The Lord IS Come! God invites all to two joyous occasions for worship at Caldwell: Christmas Eve: Lessons, Carols, Candlelight: We gather at 5:30 p.m. today to hear the old, old story of God come into the world, Emanuel. Special music, favorite carols and the warmth of candlelight to beckon the light of the world that no …
Dear Caldwell, In morning worship on Sunday, we listened to the pious protestations of King Ahaz, even as God offered the troubled king a sign of hope. We listened in as Joseph thought out loud about what do with a pregnant fiance carrying a child not of his own. In both cases, we learned that God got …
Dear Caldwell, “I am the Alpha and Omega … the beginning and the end.” Advent is a time of beginnings and endings. Advent begins a new liturgical year for the Church, a time of hope and expectation that fills our hearts with possibilities and promises for another season together in the service of the Lord. …
Dear Caldwell, Well, it happened again. Today, the Caldwell Women’s Circle held its annual Christmas luncheon – and I walked out fully in the Christmas spirit. This fun and festive occasion comes each year, and each year it causes me to slow down for a couple of hours, enjoy the fellowship of friends and …
Dear Caldwell, As we travel from Sunday to Sunday this week, we do so as those who live “between the already and the not yet” of God’s world. We began the season of Advent Sunday with the hopeful expectation of what we know is eternal – that Christ IS Born, and so we proceed to make a …
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. …
