I head out today to join my whole family for Easter. All the kids and grandkids in one house. Should be a hoot! So today marks the last of the Lenten Pews, I hope you have enjoyed and gotten something out of them this year. The Hubbell Pew will take an Easter break and return…

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Tomorrow is Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. If there was ever a fourth quarter in Lent this is it. Football games are won and lost in the fourth quarter. In Lent, no one is keeping score and the only loss is opportunity, but still if there was ever a week to fast,…

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I have been speaking a lot lately — rotary clubs, book clubs, colleges, etc., but it was what I heard recently at one of those events that stuck with me. For a change I listened as well as talked. The man introducing me reminded everyone that in order to have the most fulfilling, meaningful relationships in…

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Not until I was Mayor of Little Rock and I received a call at three in the morning about a dead dog under a citizen’s house, did I fully understand the words said in Compline — “our common life depends on each other’s toil.” At three in the morning, I was more than appreciative to…

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I was always troubled by the parable about talents. We are taught at an early age to save, save, and save. So what did the guy do wrong by not losing the master’s talents? I finally got it when I realized that Jesus wasn’t talking about money. Money was not big on Christ’s agenda. He…

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