Rev. Caitlin Childers Brown, Pastor and Minister of Service

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...

Have you noticed how much the flowers have exploded this week? Driving through the Shirley Hills neighborhood is like driving through a Monet painting —everywhere you look there are signs of life, new color, and a little pollen. But the explosion of color from my office window onto the bright pink azaleas don't always match how I feel about the world. These days, I have to limit the amount I read the news. A few years ago I already got off social media, in large part because the amount of...

There is something magical to a child (or a child at heart) about a really cool truck. Whether it is the flashing lights, or watching a dump truck bed raise, or getting to work a water spout on a firetruck. And there is something really special about finding a way to let your child wonder and experience magic, especially for free.  It is easy to be cynical in our day and age. In light of the chaos of our unstable world, moments of child-like wonder and awe take on an almost sacred quality....