Author Archives: Rosalind C Hughes

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About Rosalind C Hughes

Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, 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. 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.

The Boxer

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Years ago, when our youngest was still very small, she came across some old photographs of my parents. In them was a handsome boxer dog. “Who’s that?” she asked. “That’s Mulligan, Grandma and Grandad’s old dog,” I told her. “Why … Continue reading →

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Life and death, love and tears

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Last week, one way or another, I seemed to spend a lot of time standing in the shadows cast by death, and I shared in a lot of grief. Love and tears for the most part characterized those encounters.  It seemed quite … Continue reading →

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practicing poetry

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Last term, I took a course at Trinity Lutheran Seminary called Rhetorics and Poetics for Preaching. We read (parts of) a book by Steve Kowitt entitled In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet’s Portable Workshop (Gardiner: Tilbury House, 2007), … Continue reading →

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Backdated: A Picture of Perfection

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Now that I’ve taken the plunge, as it were, and got myself a blog, I’m going to go back over a few recent and not-so-recent sermons and writings to fill in a few blanks. Here’s one from the beginning of … Continue reading →

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What are you thirsty for?

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

March 27th, 2011      John 4: 5-42 A sermon preached at St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Lakewood, OH  What are you thirsty for?  It is just about halfway through Lent, and if you have given up some treat or indulgence as an … Continue reading →

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