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.

Bathsheba goes to General Convention

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

Jesus was descended from a line of kings, from David. There’s no avoiding it. We hear him called the son of David, we know that he is of the house of David, and if we look back at the genealogies in Matthew and in Luke, whether they name him through the line of Solomon or of Nathan, David’s sons, they both seem to agree that when Jesus’ line descended from David, his foremother was Bathsheba. Continue reading →

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Falling star

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

The sun does not set; it becomes moot. The security light clicks on instead, sensing danger as water falls like silver, holds its form uncontained I do not expect anyone at prayer on a night such as this but something … Continue reading →

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Nevertheless, she preached

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

Seeing and hearing a woman preach, for the first time in my life, opened windows in my soul that I did not know had been barred shut. Continue reading →

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A house of cedar

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

“Wherever you have gone,” God says, “I have gone with you. Whatever trials you have faced, I have faced beside you. Whatever dangers befell you, I stood before you. What makes you think that in order to keep me by your side, you have to build me a cedar box, store me like cloth in mothballs?” Continue reading →

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Swimming in prayer

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

though the womb of God is wide
I will not drown Continue reading →

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Why pray

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

How can we turn away, when love pursues us
with such glorious desire? Continue reading →

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If compassion were king

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

Never think that there is nothing to be done. Never imagine that your smallest gesture of compassion, your insufficient word of kindness, your little piece of love in action is wasted. Continue reading →

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Outside the lines, by Mihee Kim-Kort

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

I can only imagine the joy and freedom of reading this book if one has never been invited to experiment with the theme and variations of divine love. It could be life-changing. Continue reading →

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Mother of exiles

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

We gathered in song in a baseball park adjacent to the prison. Our hosts advised us that the women inside could hear us rallying and praying on their behalf. Continue reading →

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Your faith

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

A sermon for hard times. The readings include Mark 5:21-43, in which a woman with a 12-year chronic condition sneaks up to the hem of Jesus robe to be healed, and a child is restored to her parents. There is … Continue reading →

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