Do you sometime wonder if God looks down on our feeble efforts to change, to improve, to forgive, etc. and just rolls his eyes and smiles. I really don’t think our efforts surprise God; and as we stumble and get up again, as we fail, but promise to begin again on Monday, and as we…
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Lent is On Its Way
You didn’t think I’d let Ash Wednesday sneak up on you, did you? The Hubbell Pew began as a Lenten discipline years ago, and once again for the entire period of Lent daily meditations will come your way. People think of Lent in different ways — a time for preparation, about consecration, traveling toward Easter…
Hot Bath
“You can change the world with a hot bath, if you sink into it from a place of knowing you are worth profound care, even when you’re dirty and rattled. Who knew?” — Anne Lamott Sometimes after we have been roughed up by the world of public opinion and judgment, or endured a day of…
Light
A lot has been written about God and light. For some reason, I was thinking about the subject this morning. Maybe its the contrast between light and dark, but I have come to believe that some of the brightest lights shine when it is darkest. During a tragedy we have learned to look at the…
Repairs
Every time I return to Little Rock I end up for some reason at the intersection of I-630, Shackelford Road, Chenal Parkway, etc. It is always under repair, to put it mildly its a mess, a traffic nightmare, a disaster. I’ve been gone now from Little Rock for over twenty years, and one might think whatever…