For those of you who are counting,  Easter  season is fifty days where Lent is only forty. No, I’m not going to suggest that you give up wine or cookies for Easter, but now as a disciple who has spent the last forty days fasting, praying, and meditating here are a few ideas:  1.       Let…

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“We often want things to go back to the way things used to be, before ‘work got difficult and faith got confused, and life got more confusing,’ but when we dwell on the ‘if only’ of life we forget that ‘God addresses us in the now.’” — Luis Leon You gather a group of middle…

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Yes, now that Lent has ended and you have had forty days-worth of chocolate, wine, or oatmeal raisin cookies the question arises — what now? For the Hubbell Pew we will continue with regular posts that hopefully will help you continue the spiritual disciplines you practiced during Lent. But, I hope you agree that writing or…

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I still am fascinated by flight, especially airplanes. As a little boy, I saved my allowance to buy model plane sets. I came perilously close to going to the Air Force Academy until I learned I was too big to be a pilot. Even though I understand aerodynamics, I still wonder how a multi-ton airplane…

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I can’t believe I’m going through a whole Lent without one meditation on Judas, who I believe drew the short stick, but that will have to be for another time. On this day, I want to talk about Peter and in fact the whole passion story. Last Sunday we processed with Palms, and then sit…

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