Category Archives: current events

When orange is ok

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

I am making some orange stoles. This was not in my original plan for the week, but it happened almost by accident (as so many gun-related detours do). A friend and colleague [update: the Revd C Eric Funston tells the story … Continue reading →

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It’s no joke

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

I nearly didn’t go this morning. I have too many things to juggle between now and tomorrow’s noon wedding and the flight to a family funeral to follow. Still, they haunted me and hounded me out of the door. They … Continue reading →

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Being one of the crowd: Palm Sunday 2016

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

Every Palm Sunday we start off well enough, praising God and waving palms in the air, waving at the passing traffic, throwing blessings around like confetti. Within the hour we have become the baying pack hounding Jesus to the cross, … Continue reading →

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Consequences

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

If you are looking for a reasoned response to the week’s news out of the Anglican Primates’ “gathering,” I would point you towards my colleagues at the Episcopal Cafe, our Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, and my own Diocesan Bishop, Mark … Continue reading →

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Year C Christmas 2: he was twelve

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

Some of you know that shortly before Christmas we suffered a minor break-in here at the church. I came into the office the day before Christmas Eve to find that someone had entered the building by force, and had left … Continue reading →

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Today or tomorrow

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such & such a town and spend a year there, doing business & making money.’ Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your … Continue reading →

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Child sacrifice

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

Twelve: the end of childhood for a young black male. Thirteen months to discover there is no injustice that we cannot render reasonable by the fiat of our fear. Rewind. Twelve: the age of incarnation lost in the city, left … Continue reading →

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Preaching peace unpeacefully

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

I preached peace anyway; the peace that passes understanding; the peace with which Jesus leaves us, although he spent a lot of time, too, promising persecution. I worry that this will not be received as good news. Continue reading →

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Dear Governor Kasich

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

Governor John Kasich Riffe Center, 30th Floor 77 South High Street Columbus, OH 43215-6117 November 18, 2015 Dear Governor Kasich, I write to you as a priest and not a politician; I write to you as a citizen of the … Continue reading →

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Out of control

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

The calendar says that there are three weeks left of summer, up here in the northern hemisphere; but today was full of autumn leaves, red and gold and fallen. Clearly, my calendar is not fully in control of the seasons. Continue reading →

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