Rev. Caitlin Childers Brown, Pastor and Minister of Service

Beloved of Highland Hills, Can you feel it? It's the time of year when things are starting the gradual shift to summer. Although in the case of the weather this month, it hasn't always felt gradual when we have neared the 90s. The kids in my life (and in our church!) seem to have ants in their pants with the hopes of playing outside more. Even adults have a glimmer in their eyes as they discuss their upcoming summer travel. Even for those of us who do not live by the school calendar, I can...

One day, I realized I had arrived at my house without remembering a single thing along the route. I didn't remember the blinky light near my house, or if the bushes up the street were still flowering, or even if there were other interesting cars on the roadway. I had simply arrived home, on autopilot. I was, like so many of us often do, operating purely on habit and entirely in my own head. Running through my to-do list and planning what we were going to cook for dinner consumed me all the...

The other day, I was talking to a friend about an exciting potential job. She had been offered a position that would require a good deal of change —a cross country move to a new city, and it would put her in an entirely different role. As she talked through the pros and cons of taking the role, it was pretty evident that there was no perfect answer. To accept the role would mean an exciting new job, but also uprooting her life, leaving friends and colleagues she had grown to love. Like so...