Kirbyjon Caldwell

Kirbyjon Caldwell

United Methodist pastor, author

Kirbyjon Caldwell, senior pastor of the 15,000-member Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Texas, is the leader of Kingdom Builders and Pointe 2.3.4, a community development project. The "On Faith" panelist lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife and three children. Material from this column will appear in an expanded form in the book, “Be In It To Win It,” to be published in December. Close.

Kirbyjon Caldwell

United Methodist pastor, author

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August 20, 2007 9:39 AM

"A Future and a Hope"

In the depths of a community’s darkest moments when the people had lost confidence in God and believed God had lost confidence in them, the Lord had the brazen nerve to affirm and attest:

“I know the thoughts I think towards you,
thoughts of good and not of evil,
to give you a future and a hope.”
(Jeremiah 29:10,11)

This passage best defines my faith for several reasons.

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