Category Archives: other words

Stewardship

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

As the new programme year gets started in churches across the country, there’s a phrase that’s started its annual whispering into our ears, and I’ve been thinking about the idea of sacrificial giving, and how we present our requests for financial support, aka … Continue reading →

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Naturalization process: Biometrics and skin-care consultation

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

This morning I had my appointment downtown to get my fingerprints “captured” and photo taken as part of my application for US citizenship. I knew from the start that this was not going to be as simple as it sounds. … Continue reading →

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Actions and words: some pre-emptive reflections

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

This coming Sunday’s Gospel reading (from the RCL) tells the story of two sons asked to go and work in the family vineyard. One says no, but later goes anyway. One says yes, but fails to carry through. There are … Continue reading →

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General Ordination Exams

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

It’s that time of year when a certain subset of Episcopalian seminarians begins to feel the first tinglings of exam nerves. I know, because I got a message last night from an online friend asking what I learned from taking the … Continue reading →

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Resident Aliens

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

The second of an occasional series of posts on the experience of immigration and the journey toward naturalization The first time we passed through US Immigration, and we were directed into the line for Aliens, the children were all under … Continue reading →

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Spiritual vs. religious?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

During the past week, I have been following a back-and-forth on my facebook newsfeed and twitter timeline discussing the religious response to the “spiritual but not religious” label, and a thoughtful and thought-provoking invitation to engage with both labels and … Continue reading →

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Remembering

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

It was something after three o’clock in the afternoon. The school bell rang and the doors disgorged a horde of children. My son’s friend’s mother wasn’t there; we waited together under the blue sky sun of early September. She arrived … Continue reading →

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Seek the good of the city

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Yesterday, I sent in my application to become a US citizen, so this seemed like a good time to begin a new occasional series of reflections about the whole being-an-immigrant thing. When our children learned about immigration and immigrants in … Continue reading →

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Portents

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

This week has been a bit, well, portenty; omenfull, as it were. If I were of a nervous disposition, I might be getting a little bit jumpy. It started on Tuesday, with the purchase of not one but two temporary … Continue reading →

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Hospitality – 2: guest vs host

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

This week, I read in the blog of a friend, who’s spending his sabbatical in the Holy Land during the holy month of Ramadan, the following nugget:  An-Najah is a half-mile walk past Rafidia, so after church I had a nice … Continue reading →

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