Tag Archives: Incarnation

Beholding glory

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

God’s grace and mercy have never left us, passing over us and shielding us from more than we can imagine; but how much glory can we handle, human as we are? Continue reading →

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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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Epiphany wisdom, old and new

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

The picture that we expect to see is not always the one that is painted by God. Continue reading →

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God stands by God’s Word

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

But as high risk and heavy investment strategies go, the scheduling of those responsible to throw in their lot with the populace bears some comparison to the Incarnation. Continue reading →

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When Advent meets Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

For Mary, Gabriel has opened a portal, a wormhole, an anomaly through which our history, this moment in which the blessed Incarnation is begun, is fused with eternity. Continue reading →

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Living parables

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

he parables within which we live are those of Moses’ mother, who shares in the history of God, remembering creation, rebuilding the ark, reclaiming her son to raise and to nurse, her love subverting the powers of imperialism even in its most beautiful and seductive form, the young woman bathing by the river. Continue reading →

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Heaven on earth

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Looking ahead to Sunday’s Transfiguration and the disciples’ awe-filled witness to the glory of God revealed in Christ, I have been thinking about religious experiences; extraordinary revelations of the divine. I occasionally wonder if I was “done out of” a … Continue reading →

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Maundy Thursday: the mother of all mercy

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

What should Jesus have done about Judas? In a way, Thursday was the final chance. There is a pipeline from here to the tomb. Once Judas has left the table, Jesus knows that his fate is sealed. Yet earlier in … Continue reading →

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Telling stories

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

When Jesus’ disciples see a blind man begging at the side of the road, they are tempted to turn his life story into a theological conundrum for Jesus to answer: “Who sinned, this man or his parents?” Continue reading →

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In time

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Without time,
can even God make a beginning? Continue reading →

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