Category Archives: other words

Fireworks, funfairs and ferris wheels

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

I have had occasion to mention before that I am quite privileged. I live, by my own free choice, in an unimpeachably respectable suburb to the west of Cleveland, with good schools, a sense of community, a beach, three coffee … Continue reading →

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Independence and equality

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Yesterday, I walked into an ordinary hospital to make an ordinary pastoral visit. The very first woman to greet everyone at the door looked at me suspiciously, and critically. “I didn’t think women were allowed to wear the collars,” she … Continue reading →

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Youth ministry

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

“I believe the children are our future …” Um, no. The children are here now. They are our present. If you have spent five minutes with a child, you know how present they are. They are all about the right … Continue reading →

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Babies, breasts and baptism

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

When our babies were new, a friend told the story of her daughter’s baptism. Another child in the congregation was being baptized alongside her, and this baby was hungry. Very hungry. The baby would not be put off or consoled … Continue reading →

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Science and religion

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

There are books and periodicals and articles and blogs and essays galore written to tell us that science and religion do not mix. More than that, that they are antithetical to one another. If you have faith, you must give … Continue reading →

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Prayer cycle

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

It is fairly well accepted that a change of scenery, a new activity, can shake up our thinking; derail our trains of thought; get the wheels out of the grooves, the ruts they’ve been stuck in. My daughter tells me … Continue reading →

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Mothers’ Day

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

The Worst Mothers’ Day Ever was the one when I was nine or ten and I had completely forgotten that it was Mother’s Day. I tried to bluff my way through by rifling through my desk, and producing a craft … Continue reading →

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Stop and smell the roses

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

The advice to stop once in a while to smell the roses is all well and good. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work so well for me: I am anosmic, which means that I am lacking a sense of smell. Still … … Continue reading →

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An apology

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

To those hurting and heartbreaking, angry and frustrated after yesterday’s vote in North Carolina: I’m sorry. I’m sorry that as a woman married to a man I am part of a majority that has said, “My love is sacred and … Continue reading →

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Feed my sheep

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Last week, I had one of my regular and blessed conversations with one of my longtime and best friends, who has also at times been my pastor and my priest. He was talking about what it is to be a … Continue reading →

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