Dear Caldwell, I know I join many of you in prayers for all those affected by “Sandy,” which include family members and other loved ones of our own family here at Caldwell. In addition to the many first-response and disaster-relief efforts underway, our own Presbytery has a trailer and trained relief workers and is working to …
Dear Caldwell, May the Lord be with you there. This Sunday is our Celebration Sunday. We conclude our Discipleship season by gathering everyone’s pledges of time, talent and treasure and dedicating them and ourselves to our Lord, the giver of every good and perfect gift. In the last month, we’ve spent a fair amount of time with …
Dear Caldwell, What a glorious Centennial Homecoming weekend we had — through the hard work of so many volunteers/disciples who planned, set up, oversaw and cleaned up after two amazing events. It was a Centennial Crescendo, a mountaintop experience for this old, resurrected church. Here’s the best part – tomorrow we are given the gift of worship …
Dear Caldwell, Well, it is here … our big Centennial Weekend! In multiple ways, we will celebrate this weekend, taking stock of all that Caldwell has faced and accomplished in Christ over the last 100 years and prayerfully considering how each of us is being called to contribute our spiritual gifts in 2013. Friday Dance: Excitement is building …
Dear Caldwell, On Sunday we begin a four-week season to consider our many blessings and how we can return thanks to God with who we are, what we can do and what we can give back. In this centenniel year, when we have taken stock of this church’s rich history and unexpected resurrection, our theme …
Dear Caldwell, It’s been an unsettling week. The spreading unrest among some Muslims around the world has been difficult to watch and more difficult to understand. Let us pray in the name of the Prince of Peace for wisdom in the name of the One who sent him. Wisdom lies at the heart of our …
Dear Caldwell, My main purpose in writing is to ensure that “the word” gets out to all who may not have been in church Sunday or read my newsletter column in the latest edition of the Caldwell Good News! So, below, I include that newsletter column that includes updates on the news about Caldwell House …
Dear Caldwell, Did you see the story in last Saturday’s paper about a study of what happens at some large churches in America? A University of Washington research team found that some megachurches seek to trigger a “spiritual high.” Sophisticated high-tech production, well-choregraphed camera shots on big screens and a pastor who functions as an “energy …
Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. – Psalm 30:5b Dear Caldwell, For me, the mixed emotions that come with the date Sept. 11 have already begun. I caught a few minutes of a National Geographic Channel program last night that ticked through the events of that morning 11 years …
Dear Caldwell, It will be good to see you again this Sunday. It’s been an historic week for our city, one with many promising angles, one when we can take some appropriate pride in the enormous effort so many put forth to host the DNC. But it will be good to re-settle ourselves, too, to …
