Turning Soccer Balls into Mustard Seeds

by the Rev. Paul McLain

The crisis in Ukraine can seem so overwhelming that we wonder what can we do that would make any difference in something unfolding thousands of miles away. Perhaps the students and faculty of Christian Brothers University (CBU) here in Memphis are showing us the way to make an impact.

Alana Canady, a young journalist, shared the

Calvary Feasibility Study

Calvary is conducting a formal Feasibility Study to determine how willing and able church members are to support a capital campaign. We want your input on the proposed renovations, from how well you think they support our mission and ministry, to their scope, currently estimated at $15 million.

Calvary has been making God’s love visible in downtown Memphis for 190

The Lenten Light-Bearer: Remembering The Rev. John R. Claypool

by the Ven. Mimsy Jones

Coming to hear John Claypool preach at Calvary’s Lenten Preaching Series was a Do. Not. Miss. Event. In his soft Southern voice, John engaged our hearts and minds to hear Jesus’ parables or the stories of Genesis not only with new ears but also with a new vulnerability. Undergirding all of his preaching was his

Barbed Wire and Butterflies

by the Rev. Paul McLain

After preaching a sermon one Sunday about holy plans and the Children’s Holocaust Museum in Whitwell, Tennessee, Ruthie suggested we make a one-day pilgrimage there this past Monday. After a lovely 5-hour drive through mountains and ice-covered rocks, we arrived at the Whitwell Middle School on Butterfly Lane in time to see children still on

Is it terrible or beautiful? Yes.

by the Rev. Katherine Bush

“Do you have power?”  It was, and for some is sadly still the relevant question. We were among the fortunate who did not lose power in the recent ice storm, though the unplanned “skylight” in our back house courtesy of a neighbor’s tree limb still needs to be addressed. As we emerged from

COVID + COLD WEATHER = READ A BOOK!

by the Ven. Mimsy Jones

I have always loved books – the way a book feels in my hands, the way a book smells, the anticipation of starting a new book, not knowing what I will learn, what characters I will meet, what comfort, or challenge, I will receive.

As many of you know, I was a retail bookseller for fifteen

Love is a Bother

by the Rev. Scott Walters

“No pressure.” That’s what Dad used to say after making some request that might involve the slightest inconvenience of the requestee. “No pressure,” was his way of saying he didn’t want to be a bother, but there was this one small thing he was wondering if you’d be ok with … if it’s not

Believing in Ted Lasso and Other Stuff

by the Rev. Buddy Stallings

Ted Lasso (actually Jason Sudeikis though he will forever be Ted Lasso to me) was my breakout star of the pandemic, the pandemic, which apparently may continue through the third season of the series and beyond, and yes, the same pandemic that is making me crazy! But that is another story. When I first heard

Gifted

by the Rev. Katherine Bush

One Christmas years ago my mother-in-law (now of blessed memory) gave me two gifts. She gave me a copy of the then-newly published edition of Flannery O’Connor’s A Prayer Journal and a painted metal watering can in the shape of a pig – the water comes out of its

Living Into a Name

by the Rev. Paul McLain

One of the most exciting things about the birth of a child is giving the newborn baby a name. January 1^st is not only the start of a new calendar year. It is the Feast of the Holy Name of Our Lord. It is a holy day in which we remember that a week after