Category Archives: Weekly Overtones

March 2, 2020 Romans 4:1-7 “So, this is retirement: sitting next to me on the couch watching Dr. Phil.” Thankfully my wife was joking when she said this. I say thankfully because a) I watch very little television in general, b) I despise daytime television in particular, and c) I am not a fan ofContinue reading “Covered in Grace”

A couple of truly extraordinary things happened yesterday. To begin with, for the first time in over a dozen years my wife Jody and I were able to worship together. This was also the first time I had been in a church since retiring from the ministry. It was wonderful to be able to sitContinue reading “Movement or Monument”

Transfiguration Sunday: Matthew 17:1-9   My apologies for not getting my blog post out last week and for getting this one out late – I have been in Florida enjoying a break from the cold weather. It was unseasonably warm while we were there, which we didn’t mind in the least. Neither did the alligatorsContinue reading “Mountains and Sunsets”

It is really difficult to know what to write about this week, not because there isn’t anything going on in the news; we all know what’s happening there. And the readings for Sunday are some of the richest of the entire year. They include this famous passage from the prophet Micah – He has toldContinue reading “Lola L-O-L-A Lola: Grace, Gratitude & Dogs”

Epiphany 3A 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 In his book The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis described hell as a city empty in the middle and inhabited only on the edges. The center is empty because the inhabitants have gotten angry with one another and moved as far away as they could. That’s why, according to Lewis, hellContinue reading “(un)Civil War”

If you have you ever felt excluded, or if you have ever been excluded, then this blog is for you. I have to confess that, outside of my family, I have never really felt like I belonged, I have never really known where I fit. A lot of it has to do with the factContinue reading “Epiphany, Asperger’s & Me”

Second Sunday of Christmas January 5, 2020 John 1:1-18 (For this blog I will be following the Revised Common Lectionary) “Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland I suppose for my first blog post there isContinue reading “Words Matter – my first blog post”