Sabbath jubilee:
release for the withering will,
slow unfurling of a sharply-curved grasp
to rejoice in defiant mercy,
revolutionary rest;
the gift and obligation to lie
down like a branch strewn
before the quiet feet of God
After a hiatus, #preparingforSundaywithpoetry returns to dance with Jesus, the Pharisees, the wheat field, and the man with the hand in need of healing: Year B Proper 4, Mark 2:23-3:6
About Rosalind C Hughes
Rosalind C Hughes is a priest and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. She serves an Episcopal church just outside Cleveland. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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