Rev. Caitlin Childers Brown, Pastor and Minister of Service

This past Tuesday, September 1st, kicked off something that we at Highland Hills have been celebrating for the last few years in our worship: the Season of Creation. Spanning the month of September, we reflect on God's gift of creation and how we are called to steward this good gift. We celebrate this month alongside Christians around the world. This month, like other holy moths, we step into something larger than our Highland Hills. We step into the global church. From Laudato Si', the...

Dear Church, Were your ears burning? So often in church meetings and conversations, the topics of what we need to change and grow comes up. It is so easy to remember what we lost or envision what we need to cultivate, that we forget to celebrate the things that make our body of believers so strong. A few months ago, I got an email from Baptist Women in Ministry, announcing that they were accepting nominations for their annual Church of Excellence Award. The award rooted in my head, because if...

This week, as we were leaving the house I noticed that it is getting to be that time of year when all our friendly neighborhood spiders do their darndest to build their webs all over my front door. It drives me nuts. What normally ensues is a long battle between me, the broom, and the bevy of spiders that attempt to call my front door home. Each evening I finish with the door tidy and clean, but by morning there is a new, beautiful, but frustrating spider web. As much as I don't want these...