Tag Archives: 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

Persistence (a sermon)

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Rosalind C Hughes

You’ve heard it said that prayer is not about changing God, but about changing us. That, I think, is what this parable and these teachings are about. God is not slow to love every piece and person of creation; so let’s pray persistently and consistently and robustly and resiliently until we are changed into God’s likeness, and enabled and equipped and encouraged to act in God’s image and will, and in solidarity with those crying out to God for the justice that is mercy. Continue reading →

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Nevertheless, God persisted

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Rosalind C Hughes

To persist in prayer, at its foundation, is to persist in our relationship with that God. It is not to lose hope that God’s will will be done, not to turn away to other, more immediate but more corruptible resolutions. This call to persistence is the call of the prophets, to do justice, to love mercy, to walk humbly beside God, deep in conversation, or indeed in a conversational silence, knowing that our faith is not misplaced. Continue reading →

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Year C Proper 24: On the need to pray always and not to lose heart

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

The days are coming, says the Lord, says Jeremiah, the days are surely coming when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. I will be their God, and they shall be … Continue reading →

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