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Posted on October 3, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

I wish I could give you the details. I’m a little hazy on them myself. I can tell you that today was brought on entirely by prayer. It wasn’t the words, God knows, nor the miniscule, mustard-seed faith that wrote … Continue reading →

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Love your neighbour/Stand your ground

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

A reflection on three little words: Love your neighbour and three more: Stand your ground. Stand your ground: refuse to yield to the insidious isms of the age. Stand your ground: let love outweigh fear, pity dominate over prejudice, mercy … Continue reading →

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Year C Easter 6: Light

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

Light is really special. During the last couple of centuries, scientists began to discover some really quite counter-intuitive things about light, the way that light moves, acts, has its being. We  think of light as beams, rays, waves. But light … Continue reading →

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The spiritual gift of doubt

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

Blessed are those who can live with certainty, who can bear the burden of sureness. Because in certainty there is no need for hope; sureness has no need for trust. Some of us are not so strong. We cannot live … Continue reading →

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Seven Psalms: A meditation for Good Friday

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

Psalm 55:13-14 If it had been an adversary who taunted me, then I could have borne it; or had it been an enemy who vaunted himself against me, then I could have hidden from him. But it was you, a … Continue reading →

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Be perfect: a Lenten discipline

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

This morning’s post was written as a contribution to a collection of daily Lenten reflections by thirty members of clergy of the Diocese of Ohio. The Rev Gayle Catinella, Rector of St Thomas, Berea, solicited, organized and produced the reflections, … Continue reading →

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How do we keep the dream alive today?

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

A reflection offered at the community celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr, hosted by Lakeshore Christian Church, Euclid, Ohio One year ago today, I stood in a room downtown before a federal judge, and I took an oath, and some … Continue reading →

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Holy Innocents

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

The hard historical evidence for the massacre of the innocents of Bethlehem may be sketchy, thank God, yet the meme pervades our culture, from Moses to Jesus; even though we can barely comprehend the idea, we admit it to our … Continue reading →

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Christmas Day: John’s Prologue

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Two of the three gospel readings that are offered for Christmas services in our lectionary use the story of the nativity from Luke, the story acted out in Christmas pageants and plays, the story of the manger and the shepherds … Continue reading →

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Packing bags

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

I try to summon a spirit of tenderness to the task: praying for the woman who wanted toothpaste (I had none); wondering who will want the pet food – who still has room in a hungry life for a heartfelt … Continue reading →

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