Rev. Caitlin Childers Brown, Pastor and Minister of Service

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...

No really, this is not just a title. It's a real and important question. Where have you seen God move this summer? Has it been in the waves on the beach, or the wind rustling through the trees on a summer vacation? What about the laughter of loved ones? Or the mighty summer storms that have rolled through middle Georgia this season? The fingerprints of God are all around this wonderful creation. Take a minute, look out a window or all around you--the beauty of God's creation is here if we are...