Caldwell Family: Like you, I am sure, I am looking forward to the forecasted break in the weather tomorrow. I hope you have some rest and renewal planned for the weekend. I’ve continued to think this week about what it means to be a community “in Christ,” the subject of my blog earlier this week. …
Dear Caldwell Family: This week, many of the Caldwell 4×4 Groups will hold their first gathering, kicking off a season of listening deeply to each other’s stories and talking openly about our lives, what makes our journeys the same and what makes them different. We do not come at this from a context of division, thanks be …
Dear Caldwell Family: This morning’s Charlotte Observer presented two stories that, for me anyway, prompted the question: Where is the real goodwill? In a business story that only an accountant could love, a reporter explained how Bank of America’s net income may decrease if it draws money from an account on its balance sheet known in finance circles as …
Dear Caldwell Family: The question in the title above is disarmingly familiar. In church life, we hear it addressed frequently and in many ways by preachers and teachers. We watch our children form – and be formed – in the pursuit of an answer. We see it reduced to bumper stickers and rubber bands around …
Dear Caldwell Family: A memorial service for longtime Caldwell member Martha Cooper will be held in our sanctuary tomorrow, Wednesday, July 14, at 2 p.m. Mrs. Cooper had been unable to attend in recent years, though she was an avid supporter of Caldwell and took joy in its resurrection. In recent visits with her and …
Dear Caldwell Family: It’s always an interesting balance in those years when the Fourth of July falls on a Sunday, the Lord’s Day long before there ever was an America. This Sunday, we will conclude our series on what it means to “be a new church” in a “new America.” I might have said that …
Dear Caldwell Family: This week I received a lovely card from a friend who has been a member of Caldwell for decades. She expressed how special Caldwell is to her, saying “It’s the old traditions that have blended with new ideas that fill the sanctuary every Sunday.” Throughout this month, we’ve been praying, thinking and …
Dear Caldwell Family, The chicken is fried, the salads made, the biscuits about to be baked and the corn will go on the grill in just a little while. Our Southern Fiesta to welcome the Bilingual Preschool families to our campus kicks off tonight at 6 with dinner and games to follow. This is a …
Dear Caldwell Family: The upcoming week holds some wonderful opportunities for all of us to make new friends and hear new perspectives. I hope you have all marked your calendars for our Southern Fiesta with the parents of the Bilingual Preschool at Caldwell. Next Wednesday, June 23 at 6 p.m., we will share dinner, fellowship …
Dear Caldwell Family: Happy midweek to you all. To all those kids and youth and parents who get out of school this week, congratulations! Let the summer begin! Thanks to those who responded to last Sunday’s sermon. One of those responses echoed a thought that entered – but unfortunately exited just as quickly – my …
