Category Archives: prayer

This world

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

A word of scripture whispered in my ear and would not let me go. Continue reading →

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Timely: a psalm

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Bend my time back to the moment
when You are ever present,
and let it be now. Continue reading →

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Friday

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

In God’s gospel truth, the day comes when nothing is to be done, except to shiver below the lowering sky, crouch within the trembling earth, wind down the body into the new-hewn tomb * * * The birds are the … Continue reading →

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Unfair

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

You do not reward us according to our loveableness, thank God, you are less fair, unlike our exacting, you err always on the side of mercy, balancing justice by melting down wood and iron, recasting the scales to create love’s … Continue reading →

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A prayer for the end of the world

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Make all things new; but do not rush forward to your new creation. Do not leave us alone at the end of the world. Continue reading →

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Praying with icons

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

I light a candle. I find it hard to meet your painted eyes. I say, “I’m sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.” Looking down from your cross, unfocused, you say, “I forgive you.” But, “You have to say that; you’re Jesus,” I … Continue reading →

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Standing on the side of love

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

A word before worship this morning. Welcome to the Church of the Epiphany. I am glad you are here. We come together for one reason, one purpose: to worship God. To give thanks for our creation, redemption, preservation, and all … Continue reading →

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But deliver us from evil

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

On our last night there, a storm rolled in. Rolled, as in went through the motions of a steamroller. Continue reading →

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Spirit and flesh

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Such contortions of the flesh, bearing down in humility before the Spirit, pregnant with the weight of glory, groaning as a child sighs in the dark, sideways, furled in on itself, dreaming the impossible

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Fishing

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Poised on the deck, line in hand, she casts her bread upon the waters and waits. Under the bridge, birds echo and argue. The river runs fast, but time has slowed down, still water running deep. I match my morning … Continue reading →

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