Tag Archives: God

God-parenting

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Many years ago, when my first daughter was a baby, I heard a sermon which took parents to task regarding their Christian responsibilities to their children. There were various points, and a story. The story involved the preacher’s own infant … Continue reading →

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Year B Proper 18: the cynical God?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

On Saturday night, I suggested that Jesus was sounding a bit cynical last week, you know, about the whole hypocrisy thing over the whole handwashing thing, and the whole dirty defiled human heart thing … This week, he could be … Continue reading →

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Year B Proper 17: Pure and undefiled religion

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

A homily for the Saturday September 1st Holy Eucharist at St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Elyria, Ohio. Some of the opening phrases are developed from the previous post (https://rosalindhughes.com/2012/08/30/year-b-proper-17-preaching-the-song-of-songs/) Perhaps the most bewildering question about the Song of Solomon, or the … Continue reading →

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Year B Proper 17: preaching the Song of Songs

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Perhaps the most bewildering question about the Song of Solomon, or the Song of Songs, or Canticles – the book has gone by many names – is how it ended up in the Bible, a sacred text. Historical criticism insists … Continue reading →

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What is it to you?

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Every day. Every day I confess my sins, my sinfulness. Every day. But Job asks, “If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity?” Yes, Job is feeling reckless; that recklessness that hold hands with despair, … Continue reading →

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Please, pray for peace

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

I am running out of things to say. I am running out of words to pray: God knows, we need some peace, some sanity, some way to curb the violence. I grew up in Britain, where turbans are a commonplace … Continue reading →

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God-check

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

A first glance at this week’s lectionary readings: IN 2 Samuel, David, still high on his worship of the living God last week, wants to take things a step or three further, and build a temple in which to house … Continue reading →

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Unforgivable

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

So you think you’ve committed the unpardonable, unforgivable, permanently staining sin. Welcome. It is amazing, isn’t it, that with all of the gospel good news telling us how much God loves us, how ready God is to forgive us, how … Continue reading →

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Science and religion

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

There are books and periodicals and articles and blogs and essays galore written to tell us that science and religion do not mix. More than that, that they are antithetical to one another. If you have faith, you must give … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a miracle

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

I’ve been thinking about miracles. They’ve been in the air lately. Miracles can be sublime. They can also be ridiculous. Miracles aren’t always what we expect. In fact, isn’t that the definition of a miracle? I grew up with a … Continue reading →

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