Category Archives: sermon

Scary monsters at play

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

This may be irreligious, but… Have you ever had that person in your life (perhaps you are that person) who thought that it was funny to jump out from behind the sofa and yell “Boo!” at the climactic moment of … Continue reading →

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Year C Easter 7: the shadow side of miracles

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

I think that this has been the week for miracles. Finding Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight along with a young child alive felt pretty miraculous, didn’t it? Then on Friday’s news, maybe you heard as I did … 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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Year C Easter 5: What God has made

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

Last Monday, in case you missed it, was Earth Day; so it’s great and wonderful that our garden project is getting underway, taking advantage of the bounty of creation that God gave into our hands. According to the stories of … Continue reading →

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Year C Easter 4: Washed in the blood of the Lamb

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

For the past several years, on the Sunday of the Cleveland Marathon, Trinity Cathedral, our Episcopal cathedral downtown, has taken to the streets during its education hour between services to cheer on the runners. The youth group and Sunday school … Continue reading →

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Walking beside still waters in the shadow of death

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

This Sunday, we will pray Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters. He revives my soul. He revives my soul. We will … Continue reading →

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Year C Easter 3: Paying attention

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

God would like our attention, please. It seems to me that the very different stories in today’s lectionary selections have the common theme of God getting someone’s, or some-two’s, or everyone under heaven and earth’s attention. Hey! Listen up! Pay … Continue reading →

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For Thomas

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

Thought for the second Sunday of Easter: when you are doubtful, uncertain; when you stumble through grief and tears cloud your vision as they fall; be kind to yourself. Remember, Jesus came back especially for Thomas.

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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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Easter 2013: Aslan is on the move

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

Why do you look for the living among the dead? It is the question of Easter morning. Why are these women coming to the tomb carrying their supplies of bodily embalming, their perfumes and their potions to preserve the dead, … Continue reading →

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