NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR MARCH 5, 2017 THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
“An apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” That’s an old saying often used when people are referring to an uncanny likeness of a son […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR, FEBRUARY 26, 2017 “TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY”
This Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday. Every year just before the beginning of Lent, the church goes mountain climbing. We spiritually, as Peter, James and John […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, FEBUARY 19, 2017
A lot of folks don’t like buffets, but I do, especially, if the restaurant has a reputation for good food. As a child, about once […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, FEBURARY 5, 2017
On Sunday, February 12, 2017, Covenant will celebrate our 36th Anniversary. As I said last Sunday, the founding of an opening, affirming and inclusive congregation […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2017
This is Sunday is the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. Today when we think of an Epiphany, it’s probably not about “The Epiphany” when Christ […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017
When I lived in Atlanta, during 1980s, I attended lots of matinee games of the Atlanta Braves. I considered myself a follower of the team […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR JR, FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2017
Yogi Berra, the legendary baseball Hall of Famer, is famous for the quote “Déjà vu, all over again!” That sort of what this Sunday at […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017
This is “Baptism of Our Lord Sunday.” This New Year of 2017 is still new enough that many are working on new beginnings for our […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR DECEMBER 24 & 25, 2016 CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
This week we have the rare events of Christmas Eve being on Saturday and Christmas itself being on Sunday. I know that much will clamor […]