Dear Caldwell, Time has taken on a different meaning in 2020, hasn’t it? For example, I could hardly believe it was a year ago today when so many of us were in Montreat for the All-Church Retreat. We talked a lot that weekend about the story of Jesus calming the storm. We came home telling …
Dear Caldwell, Perhaps the question above is one we’ve used as a title for other blogs. I KNOW I remember Gail asking us in worship at least once, “Now what?” We have the gift of taking this journey together and sometimes we arrive at familiar questions in our faith and in our shared community. “What …
Dear Caldwell, Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending time with a son of the church (and one of its biggest fans), my old friend Jack Claiborne. Born in 1930 within a few blocks of the church, Jack grew up in Elizabeth and at Caldwell. You might recall him from the “resurrection” video. He became …
Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of …
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Dear Caldwell, I don’t know about you but I am still holding onto several wisdom nuggets from Gail’s sermon and our service overall from Sunday, such as: Waiting is not passive (credit to member Judith Stephens for that one, in Gail’s sermon). God is a refuge in these (and all) times. Life with God is …
Dear Caldwell, There is no doubt that the times in which we live seem to only get more unprecedented day by day – and with that comes a weight we carry from day to day. For the living of these days, yes, even these days, Philippians 4:13 points us to the One who offers to …
Dear Caldwell, As we travel from Sunday to Sunday this week, we have another chance to gather tonight on the Preachers’ Porch. This Sunday we will celebrate World Communion Sunday, a reminder that we are part of a global family of God’s children. I’m excited that member Yara Quezada, a Davidson College senior who’s thinking …
Dear Caldwell, You never know when the past will show back up. Only a few days into Hearth construction this week, crews unexpectedly unearthed a home heating oil storage tank we didn’t know was there. Our best guess is that it dates to when there was a house where Belk Hall was, before Belk Hall …
Dear Caldwell, As we travel from Sunday to Sunday this week, almost the entire Southeast is in for a major drenching – in some cases, far worse. Let us pray for all who suffer during this, yet another storm, yet another reminder that it’s still 2020. As I watch the rain steadily gain momentum outside …
Dear Caldwell, It’s a joy for me today to think about you, your faces and your many forms of witness to God’s grace and justice. On Sunday, we considered the preposterous “what if” of Romans 13, Paul’s notion that the fulfillment of law is simply (or not so) to love. We’ll start there tonight on …
