Dear Tom, I received an email from a mutual dear friend wondering if I was okay. Apparently my letters seemed way to depressing. I told her I was in Santa Barbara where nothing is depressing, and she was relieved. Actually the homeless situation here is depressing, but that’s another story. I hope other readers don’t…
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Hopes Brings the Light
Dear Tom, Thank you for your thoughtful reply. For our readers I have posted it on the website www.thehubbellpew.com. I am convinced that when we come across darkness in our lives or in tragedy, we find God and meaning in the light that always comes immediately afterwards. During my sabbatical there was a…
Letters to Tom / Part 1
Dear Tom, Please forgive me. I have been busy with getting the book out and traveling on the book tour, but they are not good excuses for not staying in touch. Email is a poor substitute for a beach walk, long hand written letter, or God forbid a telephone conversation. However, I’m taking a…
Weary?
We become weary for a variety of reasons, and I think of weary as having a different meaning than tired. We weary of war and the constant failure of our leaders to engage in civil discourse. We become weary when toll takes the place of rest, sickness of health, and when worldly trials thicken. Changes…
Originates In the Heart
Computers make it easy to write notes of congratulations or thank you’s. But even because it is easy; notes, small acts of affection, necessary intercourse with someone who you have nothing in common can be or become a most sacred or blessed work. We may laugh at the nothingness it requires, but it may…