Category Archives: holy days

God stands by God’s Word

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

But as high risk and heavy investment strategies go, the scheduling of those responsible to throw in their lot with the populace bears some comparison to the Incarnation. Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve 2017

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

As we contemplate the vulnerability of a God who would be born homeless, human, humble, we remember the power of love to change the world. Continue reading →

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When the heavens open

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

And Jesus: little, embryonic, speck of Jesus; what does he see, from such a soft and secret place? What does he know, from such a small beginning? Continue reading →

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Wordless

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Wordless came the Word of God; not silent, as the night revolved around him snuffling, yawning, suckling, sighing, crying out the love of God, wordless, gazing into the eternity between one body and the next.

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Kamehameha and Emma

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

These two monarchs are commemorated with the same gospel as we read on Christ the King Sunday, because they modelled their reign on public service, serving as shepherds of their people, and feeding the flocks entrusted to them with justice and mercy, except, it seems, for the occasional accident. Continue reading →

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Blessed saints

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

This is the life which God has created especially for us, so that we might become fully human, creatures made in the image of our Creator, learning to reflect and resemble the divine. It is in this life that we are commanded to see one another through the lens of God’s compassion, justice, and love, to the very best of our ability. Continue reading →

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Heaven on earth

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Looking ahead to Sunday’s Transfiguration and the disciples’ awe-filled witness to the glory of God revealed in Christ, I have been thinking about religious experiences; extraordinary revelations of the divine. I occasionally wonder if I was “done out of” a … Continue reading →

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Songs of praise to the Trinity

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Our ancient creeds, our struggles to articulate what it means to say that God is God lead always, if they are faithful, back to worship: wonder, love, and praise that God, our God, should be so gracious as to bless us with God’s very being. Continue reading →

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Resurrection

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

In Jesus’ day, around one in five Jewish women bore the name of Mary, so it is not that much of a coincidence that the two women named returning to Jesus’ tomb on Easter morning share the same name. Continue reading →

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Good Friday: his own people

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

At the beginning of the Gospel according to John, we read that, He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and … Continue reading →

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