Dear Caldwell, When the 1989 Batman movie launched today’s tidal wave of superhero blockbusters, Jack Nicholson played the Joker trying to sway the downtrodden citizens of Gotham to fall for his evil ways. In one scene, the Joker rides down a main street on a big float throwing out wads of cash to the pliable …
Dear Caldwell, I can’t recall exactly when or where I first heard the term “Godkiss,” but it stuck with me. When I get one, I know it. Recently, all of us at Caldwell got a big Godkiss in the form of a letter from someone who found us online just before Easter and for whom …
Where: We will be in the parking lot directly across from Elizabeth School (Same as last fall.) All are asked to wear a mask. We expect a good attendance. Please try to distance as much as space allows. Remember that some may want more space. We ask that before, during and after the service, you …
Dear Caldwell, It won’t be long now. Come Sunday, as the Pentecost story goes, we will be “all together in one place” for worship – those who want to come to in-person worship outside and those who want to join online. It will be a glorious – but COVID-safe, wearing masks – reunion with lunch …
Dear Caldwell, Today, your staff gathers for its regular Tuesday meeting, face to face. Reread that sentence. In pre-pandemic times, that would be about the most boring lead sentence to any letter there ever was. But these are not normal times. We give thanks for the chance to gather, safely, as our time together is …
Dear Caldwell, What comes to mind when we hear the word “commandment?” Authority? Power? Coercion by force? Certainly, we see to much “command” in the world that takes the form of control by force, whether it’s military, political or in systems and institutions that work against equality and equity for all. On Maundy Thursday last …
Dear Caldwell, Well, the parade Gail preached about on Sunday is over and we are getting ever closer to the cross in this Holy Week. Last year, we were scrambling to adapt to the pandemic, to find a way for us to share these meaningful days as we sheltered in place in the first days …
Dear Caldwell, As a congregation, you care passionately about many different things. That’s what makes life at Caldwell so fun. One of those passions is caring for our environment, an effort by the Earth Care Ministry Team led by Rev. Dennis Testerman. With its guidance, Caldwell is learning more and more about all the ways …
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Friends, this is the beautiful Tuesday that the Lord has made. I pray that we can all rejoice and be glad in it. We are here. We are alive. Here in Charlotte, we are basking in sunlight and warmth. We are seeing flowers bloom and trees blossom. Thanks be to God. I don’t know about …
Dear Caldwell, As Lent continues into March, we give thanks for Gail’s four-part sermon series and pivot from our new favorite minor prophet, Habakkuk, to begin a walk with John and his Gospel that takes us to Palm Sunday. Personally, I love John for its use of symbols, signs and metaphor. The so-called Fourth Gospel …
