Category Archives: story

Bread of life

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

I knew, in my body and in my soul and in the core of my being that what was offered at that altar was something I needed, something I wanted, something I could not live without. I still can’t quite explain it; I still know that it is true. Continue reading →

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By halves

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

My mother’s mantra haunts me: Never do things by halves; Continue reading →

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Be angry, but do not sin

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

Righteous anger can be used to the advantage of the kingdom of God; championing the abolition of slavery; fighting the Nazi holocaust; marching to make sure that everyone has heard and understood that Black Lives Matter; defending the defenceless and the endangered. But anger is only useful as a tool in the hands of one who has control of it, and who is not controlled by it. Continue reading →

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Nevertheless, she preached

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

Seeing and hearing a woman preach, for the first time in my life, opened windows in my soul that I did not know had been barred shut. Continue reading →

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Mother of exiles

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

We gathered in song in a baseball park adjacent to the prison. Our hosts advised us that the women inside could hear us rallying and praying on their behalf. Continue reading →

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Your faith

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

A sermon for hard times. The readings include Mark 5:21-43, in which a woman with a 12-year chronic condition sneaks up to the hem of Jesus robe to be healed, and a child is restored to her parents. There is … Continue reading →

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David and Goliath

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

Jesus tells us several times that if we want to see God at work, we could do worse than to look to the children. “Let the little children come to me,” he said, “for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs;” and again, “Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” Continue reading →

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Feline mortal

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

till holding himself somewhat apart, as though some part of him were ready, already, for the next mile of his journey, perhaps he remembered that love is the greater part of life, that relationship is a surer path to wisdom even than philosophy. Continue reading →

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Spring fever

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

Riptide currents race through green fields revealing their true colours, wrecking sirens’ songs, drowning desire with their own unfettered appetites; they stain the earth with lively riot, catching into their whirling dance flotsam and jetsam, driftwood that passes this way, … Continue reading →

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Eleison

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

Christ, have mercy, we expostulate once more. Continue reading →

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