Dear Caldwell, Tomorrow we begin what ancient Christians called the Triduum, or the Three Days, from Maundy Thursday through the mystery of Good Friday and Holy Saturday to the final and conclusive triumph of Easter. This arc, from life to death to new life, offers a chance to reflect on the full human experience we …
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Dear Caldwell, I imagine a few of us are a little bleary eyed today after staying up to watch the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. It was give and take, back and forth until the end. Whether he actually said the words or not, it was another moment when broadcaster Jim Nance might have employed that …
Dear Caldwell I don’t know about you, but I just can’t get used to seeing the news coverage of the war in Ukraine. And I suppose I should not want to. I remember seeing coverage of the Viet Nam conflict on the NBC Huntley-Brinkley report, a staple in my childhood household. Some historians and social …
Dear Caldwell, As a kid, did you ever pack a set of activities to take on a long car ride? I have memories of sitting in a spacious back seat in our family’s ’68 Chevy Impala and passing time playing games, reading, drawing and other ways to make the ride go a little quicker. That’s …
These are some difficult days, aren’t they, Caldwell? War rages in Ukraine. Insurgencies and civil wars flare up on nearly every continent. Refugees wonder where they will find refuge. Fears surge. Covid numbers are dropping… or are they? Inflation. It’s all too much. What do we do now? We continue to make and walk this …
What do we do now, with the world in the state it’s in??? Read More »
Dear Caldwell, I heard an interesting thing about how some Christians start the season of Lent – by forgiving. Here at Caldwell, we began our 40-day journey on Sunday by considering an idea from Rev. Dr. Teri Ott, whose devotional we are following (click here to see it). She proposes that, in light of all …
Dear Caldwell, With the arrival of Ash Wednesday tomorrow, we enter the season of Lent. This is a season of reflection, preparation, putting down or taking up and whatever else can frame our faithful journey with Christ to Jerusalem. I hope you’ll come to worship tomorrow night at 6 p.m. for a reflective taize service …
Dear Caldwell, Remember the fast-forward button on your old 8-track or cassette players? (If you are reading this and under 40 in age, you will have to ask someone older). You punched it to jump ahead but never knew quite where you’d end up in the song. As the world pivots to face what we …
Dear Caldwell, We love God because God first loved us. Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their siblings, are liars; for those who do not love a sibling whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and …
Dear Caldwell, On Sunday, we began Black History Month with Gail’s reminder that we should recall the triumphs of Black American history, not just the trauma. Then, she said, when we are informed fully and objectively about Black history in the U.S., Gail invited us to ask of ourselves: “What story are we telling and …
