Category Archives: sermon

Postponing Pentecost reflections

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

“How can they be drunk?” asks Peter, in all innocence. “It’s only nine o’clock in the morning!” And every time, I have to smile, or smirk, or weep at his innocence, or naïveté. As in the rest of the gospel … Continue reading →

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God’s right-hand wo/men

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Or, Eternity: the Sunday Update! Parts of this morning’s sermon for St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Elyria, are already covered in the previous post (TGIF and Eternity), so I won’t repeat those parts here, but here’s where eternity ended up (so … Continue reading →

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TGIF and Eternity

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Spoiler alert: this blog post may contain themes to be explored in Sunday’s sermon 😉 It’s Friday. Cue the “tgif” facebook posts, the end-of-work, end-of-week blowout plans. We like endings. We like our time packaged into boxes with sides and … Continue reading →

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Troubling comfort

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

“So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” Matthew 6:34 Today’s Daily Office reading does not promise that “all shall be well, and all manner of things shall … Continue reading →

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Blessed are the pure in heart

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

From this morning’s Daily Office readings: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. I like that. I would like to see God. I would like to see God more clearly. I would like to be able … Continue reading →

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One verse, (third of) three translations

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

[Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness:] Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; [have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.] The third translation of Psalm Four, Verse One (see yesterday’s and yesterday’s yesterday’s … Continue reading →

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One verse, (second of) three translations

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

(See yesterday’s post for the first translation …) Second, the translation found in the Book of Common Prayer: [Answer me when I call, O God, defender of my cause;] you set me free when I am hard-pressed; [have mercy on … Continue reading →

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One verse, three translations

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Not even, really, one verse, but a fraction, a phrase, a few words lost between languages, wondering how to tell us the truth about God. First, the Revised Standard Version of the first verse of the Psalm assigned for the … Continue reading →

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Wanton Story-Telling: Year B, Easter 2

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

My children are among the very few people who have heard this story. I don’t like to tell it because it sounds so strange, so unusual, so unbelievable. I once saw the Holy Spirit in the church in which I … Continue reading →

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“Thomas Sunday” syndrome

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

The Bible tells the story of God’s relationship with God’s creation, the Divine action in the world. From the beginning, when God spoke creation into being, to the end, when God will recreate the new heavens and the new earth, … Continue reading →

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