Dear Caldwell, What a gorgeous day it has turned out to be. As we head into the weekend, I hope you have some down time amid all of the busy-ness of this time of year. Caldwell will be at work in the kingdom here and now in several ways – building a Habitat House, preparing meals and …
Dear Caldwell, I hope this finds you safe, probably also stuffed, after Thanksgiving. Tomorrow we begin the Season of Advent, a time of expectation of God’s purest self-communication, the Messiah Christ Jesus. This week, I’ve been thinking about how peculiar we people of God are to ‘expect’ something that has already come, to hope for …
Dear Caldwell, As many of us either pack up to visit family or make preparations to receive family, I thought you might enjoy two ‘alternative’ glimpses of Thanksgiving. Yesterday, the families of the Bilingual Preschool gathered in the Fellowship Hall for a pre-Thanksgiving party and ‘feast’ of sandwiches and cups of milk. The children were as …
Dear Caldwell, Greetings on this gorgeous Friday. Growing up in Atlanta, my houe was directly across the street from the campus of the Catholic cathedral, Christ the King. One block further was a big United Methodist church called Second Ponce DeLeon. These church names became common terms at our house. I was always running out the door …
Dear Caldwell – Item # 1: God treated us all to a new glimpse of the kingdom on Sunday when we were graced by 80+ friends from the Bilngual School Community. What a wonderful experience it was. We are indebted to Zach and Sally Thomas and Kitty Bohr for helping organize the service, as well …
Dear Caldwell: What are you doing tonight? How about joining our guests in the shelter for devotions at 7:30? Tonight we will take a look at ways to “Welcome the Day,” drawing from a book we’ve been using as well as The Book, Psalm 118. We meet in the shelter space. Come to the courtyard door …
Dear Caldwell, What a glorious day outside, ushering in what should be an equally glorious weekend weatherwise. I trust that it greets you gently on this Friday. A professor of theology once said: “Parables are like fishing lures: they are full of attractive features – feathers, bright colors – and they end with a sharp …
Dear Caldwell: Grace and peace to you this midweek. I bring some good news about several of our members. Terry Nilles, who was hospitalized last weekend for eratic blood pressure, underwent a procedure Monday that found no major blockages in her arteries, eliminating one major concern. She remains in some discomfort but is back in …
Through our financial support for the church, we return to God a portion of what God has given us. This is not a calculation based on a percentage. It’s not what we have left over after we have paid all of our other bills. It is a reflection of our belief that we love God because God first loved us.
Dear Caldwell: Today, we experience the breadth and depth of life in the church. This morning, we are thinking of and praying for Carol Williams and her daughter, Jeanine, as we prepare to celebrate the life of little Madison at her memorial service and lay her body to rest, confident that she is now with God. …
