Lake Country United Church

Presence or Presents No Small Moments “Presence and Presents” ©Hubcatstide2026 Depending on what is happening in our lives, we want to stop time, slow it down, or speed it up. First kisses, if it is a great first kiss, stop time. If someone with whom we share a loving relationship dies, it feels like the world doesn’t care because time and all the everyday things just keep going as if nothing has changed. If we are nauseated or waiting for a surgery that will heal our pain,

©Hubcatstide2026 I want to talk about ASAP and the role we allow it to play in our lives. But before I do that, I want to share something with you that sums up why I am here. My purpose is not to promote a path or a way for you. My purpose is living in connection with the Spirit and in alignment with my values with hope that how I manifest the presence of LOVE will call forth within you the excitement and mystery of your own evolutionary process. In the simplest explanation,

Remember when you were a child and suddenly it appears…the gumball vending dispenser. I remember the feeling of looking at all the colored gumballs, hoping my mother would give me a penny and an orange one would roll out into my hands. I’m not a person who discriminates, except when it comes to my tastebuds. The white gumballs were my least favorite and a waste of a penny. When my daughters experienced this Western World phenomenon, the price had gone up. Ten cents may or may

“The Long Way Home” ©Hubcatstide2026, Traci Peters Hubbard, All Rights Reserved In this week’s No Small Moments I am sharing with you the “Introduction” to my Book, “The Long Way Home” … I hope it peaks your interest…it is written with a southern flair/accent… Introduction Sometimes, you just have to sit in things…like yellow onions sitting in bacon grease with garlic and salt and pepper floating their arrogance through the house like cocky teenagers. People need to slow down

“What’s in a Seed” ©Hubcatstide2026, Traci Peters Hubbard, All Rights Reserved Every morning we wake up we are faced with the choice of how we will live into our day. It’s a “Tomb” or Womb” choice. Will we be creative, curious, and courageous, birthing joy and kindness in ourselves and then out to others? Or will we focus on yesterday, things regret, things we cannot change but worry about as if we can? Will we let go of the invisible but very heavy rocks we carry? Or we wi