Caldwell, this is a special week. For the first time in a long time, many of us will gather with family and friends to spend time eating, drinking, and giving thanks to God for our blessings. The past twenty months have been challenging on many levels – but we are still here. Despite the world’s …
Dear Caldwell, “Not now.” Handily, my computer offers that option when it tries to interrupt what I am doing to upgradesoftware or get my feedback on something. I’m glad I can hastily click on that option and keepgoing, but that’s not how it works in real life. David showed up Sunday afternoon. Kim Bohannon was …
Dear Caldwell, On Sunday, we lifted up the names of those saints whom we’ve lost recently and remembered all the others who have touched our lives and shaped this community of faith. That includes the old senior saints, who did all they could to keep Caldwell alive. It includes some from the diverse group of …
Dear Caldwell, Sometimes, in understanding what something has become, it helps to look at its origin. The word “privilege” came into being 1,000 years ago to refer to a “private law,” that is a law that applied to only some people. The idea evolved to include “advantages enjoyed by a person or body of persons …
One of the highlights of my childhood every year was the church picnic. The church I attended until I was 12 years old was just a few blocks from Prospect Park, the enormous park in the middle of Brooklyn, New York. One Saturday morning every year, congregation members would gather at the church, pack up …
Dear Caldwell, One word – wow! You believe in our renewal in the Lord … and you’re invested in it. After Celebration Sunday, we are at 85% of the goal for the 2022 church operating budget. So far, 100 of you (households and individuals) have made a pledge toward what you believe God will do …
Do not allow this world to mold you in its own image. Instead, be transformed from the inside out by renewing your mind. As a result, you will be able to discern what God wills and whatever God finds good, pleasing, and complete. – Romans 12:2. VOICE Translation Dear Caldwell, The passage above, which Gail …
And all that believed were together, and had all things in common. ~ Acts 2:44, American Standard Version Dear Caldwell, What do you think holds communities together? In these days of deep and dire division in our country, that’s not just an academic question. It’s one many are seeking to answer as we all look …
Dear Caldwell, On Sunday, we began to count all the ways God is renewing us both individually and as a family of faith. I say “began” because it will take a long time to try to add up God’s abundance. The very latest, to the right, is Grace Katherine Elizabeth Squibb, born to Elizabeth Ireland …
Dear Caldwell, It is a new season today in more ways than one. Yes, it’s the first day of Autumn and all its reminders of how the Lord is always renewing creation. At Caldwell, that’s evident as we enter a new season of activity in our life together, and I am thrilled to share all …
