Monthly Archives: November 2014

Apostasies

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

from the bible challenge blog God forgive us our daily apostasies: the taking of your name in vain, faking faith, defrauding love; the times we fail to call on you at all; the many ways in which our worship turns … Continue reading →

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Lasting

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Is this how it was for Adam and Eve: old as time and young as their memories; innocence easily beguiled, carrying still the remnants of chaos, shaken off to water the tree? And see who answers their tapping on the … Continue reading →

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Parabolic

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

It is often said, but bears repeating, that we have a tendency to tame Jesus’ parables. Familiarity breeds, if not contempt, at least complacency. When we stop hearing them as stories, and instead hear only the interpretation and allegorization and reenactment … Continue reading →

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All Saints 2014

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Jesus clearly didn’t have the best agent. If he had titled his sermon on the mount, “How to live your best blessed life right now,” he could have gathered forty thousand on the hillside instead of four thousand. He could … Continue reading →

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