Category Archives: Weekly Overtones

My new editor   Luke 24:13-35 I used to sleepwalk when I was younger. When I was small it would happen only once or twice a year. But, during my teenage years, I would sleepwalk on a regular basis. Like weekly. Or even nightly. It was disorienting to wake up in some random part ofContinue reading “Sleepwalking”

Easter Sunday The world hasn’t been the same since that first Easter dawn. In fact, I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that the resurrection of Jesus on Easter is the most important event in the history of the world. Nothing has been the same since. If Jesus had not been raised from the dead,Continue reading “With Fear and Great Joy”

Dead and buried, or so everyone believed. Buried yes; dead yes, but… Holy Saturday, the day after Jesus’ crucifixion, had to be one of the most difficult days that followers of Christ have ever faced. Can you imagine what it would have been like to be one of the disciples? Leaderless, hopeless, grieving their master,Continue reading “Holy Saturday”

There is no question that this is a somber day, a poignant day, a serious day. But, it is not a tragic day. I say that because, for some people, Jesus’ death on the cross appears to be a terrible tragedy. I suspect they view it as some kind of defeat. It is anything butContinue reading “Good Friday”

How are you feeling these days? I don’t mean physically, but emotionally. These are anxious times and we are all trying to adapt to the new normal as best we can. Take this morning, for instance. My wife was scheduled to have a partial knee replacement at 7:30 a.m. She should be in surgery asContinue reading “So It Goes”

I delayed my blog one day so that I could write this: Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Now, I understand if your response is: “what’s so happy about it?!” After all, there’s the Coronavirus crisis, the Stock Market crisis, the toilet paper crisis, etc., etc. It seems like every day there is nothing but bad newsContinue reading “Fear Not”

March 9, 2020 Romans 5:1-11 Last week I mentioned that I have been collecting stamps since I was young. I didn’t get into collecting because I’d given it a lot of thought or because I figured it might be a good investment. No. It was love at first sight. The stamps pictured above are partContinue reading “Just One Look”