Dear Caldwell, We’re off to an early start for the week in our life together. Please review these updates and may the Lord be with you through the week. Gail will be examined on “the floor” of tomorrow’s Presbytery meeting as a last step in her preparation for ministry under the governance of the Presbyterian …
Dear Caldwell family, It is with a heavy heart that I relay to you the passing of our sibling in Christ Leroy Stinson, who died at home this morning from complications from cancer. Leroy was a stalwart of the church, a faithful usher, a member of the Congregational Life Committee and a friend to many. His …
Dear Caldwell, On Sunday, we wrestled with one of scripture’s most oft-quoted sayings of Jesus, “I am the way, the truth and the life.” Tonight, I’d love to hear what YOU think. Come to the Preachers’ Porch at 7 pm via Zoom (see prior email) to share in how you hear that portion of Jesus’ farewell …
Dear Caldwell, We’ve all been there. We’ve put something in writing, in an email, a text or even a letter, only for someone to read it and mistake our meaning. What follows, at least sometimes, is lasting confusion or even resentment that no explanation of what we MEANT to say can solve. This week, beginning tonight …
Dear Caldwell, When God resurrected Caldwell, as in some Old Testament story, we entered into a covenant – with God, with each other and with those whom we hoped would find sanctuary at the corner of Fifth and Park. That covenant, that promise, reads simply and briefly: God invites. We Welcome. All. We’ve been on …
Dear Caldwell, Ever since last Thursday night’s Vespers, I’ve been thinking about this line from the psalm we studied, Psalm 16: “The boundary lines for me have fallen in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage.” No doubt, those words were written by someone in far different circumstances than what we are experiencing these days. I don’t …
Dear Caldwell, Greetings in Christ’s resurrection grace and peace. With a heavy heart, I must report to you that Clay Owen, 69, husband to member Tracy Hewett, died suddenly last night from a heart attack. Plans are pending. Please lift up Tracy, her family and Clay’s two adult children in prayers for God’s comfort and …
Dear Caldwell, These isolating, seemingly captive days have a way of raising questions that speak to the very core of our life and faith. Tonight in Vespers at 8 p.m. (note new time), Lia Benton and Anne Hunter Eidson will lead us in a reflection on Psalm 16 in which the psalmist expressed both trial and trust. …
Dear Caldwell, Easter greetings to each of you on what is beautiful spring day. I pray that you were spared any major damage in Sunday night’s storms and that their brief but forceful visit did not take away the joy we all felt on Sunday morning as we raised our “Alleluias.” When we ran to the tomb …
Dear Caldwell, “He descended into hell ….” On Sundays when we say the Apostles Creed, we repeat the line above. “Why did Jesus have to go there?” people often ask. The simplest explanation – and the most assuring – that I’ve heard is that it shows that in Christ there is no place our Lord has not …
