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Year C Easter 3: pass the mashed potatoes

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

A sermon for the third Sunday of Easter at Epiphany, Euclid. We have just heard the story of the conversion of Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus (Acts 9) “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” Jesus tells Saul, who … Continue reading →

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Easter 2016: seeking the living

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

Why do you look for the living among the dead? These angels are irrepressible! The women are on their faces on their ground in fear, and the angels, instead of telling them, “Do not be afraid,” are giggling and teasing … Continue reading →

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Maundy Thursday: sacrificing others

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

Caiaphas, the High Priest to whom Judas betrayed Jesus: Caiaphas had determined that it would be better for one man to be put to death for the sake of appeasing the Romans, for the sake of keeping the peace; for … Continue reading →

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Being one of the crowd: Palm Sunday 2016

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

Every Palm Sunday we start off well enough, praising God and waving palms in the air, waving at the passing traffic, throwing blessings around like confetti. Within the hour we have become the baying pack hounding Jesus to the cross, … Continue reading →

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Crossroads / Turned / the Reprieve of Barabbas

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

Crossroads Turned life changes on a dime hear them cheering, jeering to the music of horns spirits dangerously high sounds of glass shattering they’re drinking Koolaid like moonshine the smell spills over fuelling the fall into a shock of sky … Continue reading →

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Earth, oil, ashes, and a pound of precious nard

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

I have anointed people for death, and I think Mary was right to get in early, because when I return, a few days later, or a week, I do not come bearing precious nard. Continue reading →

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Jesus, Mary, and Judas

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

Poor, jealous Judas, love-lorn puppy, eyes stinging from the stench and from the memory: “See how he loved him!” they said when Jesus wept, and now this woman spilling fragrant death all over. Her sister rattles the plates on purpose. Mary, rapt … Continue reading →

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Year C Lent 4: life and death

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

It is such a familiar story, and one which we love: God running to us, skirts hitched up, “my child! My child!” It is all the good news that we need. We were dead but are alive again, by the … Continue reading →

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The prodigal God

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

Waiting  for the God to come home; if I saw her on the road would I run, hitching up my skirts, fire up the pyre, melt the golden calf, sacrifice my unbelief, my cold soul on the altar of her … Continue reading →

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A cynical preacher on the prodigal parable

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

Every story has a point of view. I knew that family. I would have told their story a little differently than Jesus did. I would have told you a little more. The kid was a chancer, a gambler, an addict. … Continue reading →

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