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Welcome to stillhotunderthecollar.com, a continuing conversation for those things that stir us up, give us pause, or make us hot under the collar.
Monday Morning Musing: How We Practice
On Wednesday, the Church begins the season of Lent, the 40 days (not including Sundays) that lead us to the Feast of the Resurrection. ...
Postscript to a Musing
In the world of coincidences/the body remembers what the mind forgets/the Holy Spirit is onery....my photo memories told me that the...
Monday Morning Musing: I Couldn't Wait to Share!
Today, Sunday, was a significant day in the life of the congregation I serve as Senior Pastor. By an overwhelming vote, we affirmed that...
Monday Morning Musing: Catchphrases
Last night, after a very long workday, my Beloved and I sat down to watch the 50th Anniversary special of Saturday Night Live. On...
Monday Morning Musing: A Penny for Your Thoughts
Just when I think it can't get any stranger, my phone will ping with breaking news. Last night, that news was that the current...
Monday Morning Musing: Beauty and the Beast
Yesterday, as I was shaking hands coming out of worship, a woman grasped my hand in hers and asked, "Is Trump the Anti-Christ?" I...
Sunday Morning Musing: What Day Is It?
First, a joyous update: Our grandson, Finnley Dylan Martin, did indeed make his entrance into the world last Monday. Weighing in at...
Monday Morning Musing: Special Edition
I have all sorts of emotions around this day, and maybe you do as well. I am giving thanks for the life and witness of the Rev. Dr....
Monday Morning Musing: Calling us All
The attention of the nation has been riveted on the fires that are devouring entire sections of Los Angeles County. We have watched as...
Monday Morning Musing: Epiphany Followings
I remember that in 2021, while we watched democracy under attack in ways that seemed, at that time, unfathomable, it occurred to me that...
Second Day of Christmas
I was up before everyone else this morning, nudged out of bed, I suppose, by the momentum of late Advent. I wasn’t aware until it was...
Monday (Evening) Musing: Mary
This is not a morning musing because we are the happy grandparents of a girl who is spending a few days with us while her parents prepare...
Monday Morning Musing: The Things We See
For those who mark time in this season, yesterday was the Second Sunday of Advent. Even as the darkness continues to arrive earlier and...
Monday Morning Musing: Paying Attention
A dozen years ago the congregation where I was serving welcomed a new intern. Inge was the first of several interns I was lucky enough...
Monday Morning Musing: For the Rest of us
Last week I took three days off from my work and I mostly kept that time as what it was intended to be....rest and renwal. The timing...
Monday Morning Musing: Like Stars
In yesterday's first assigned Scripture Reading* the prophet Daniel describes wise people who lead others to righteousness as being like...
Monday Morning Musing: What Now?
I hardly know, when each day begins, what I can do in the face of what we know is ahead. We have lived here before, though some argue...
Monday Morning Musing: Give Her Credit
It's Election Day Eve and we are arguably as anxious a people as we've been in a while. I've been pondering how it is that we are more...
Monday Morning Musing: Why vs How
Almost every conversation I've had of late, save the quotidian What do you feel like having for dinner? or Is it garbage or recycle pick...




















