Tag Archives: LGBTQ

Pentecost: fear and tailfeathers

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Rosalind C Hughes

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” (John 14:27) “I do not … Continue reading →

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No exceptions

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Rosalind C Hughes

What are we afraid of? Expanding our understanding of what it is to be human? Jesus has already stretched it beyond our imagining, being both human and divine, mortal and resurrected, all at once. Continue reading →

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Bright cloud

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Rosalind C Hughes

There are those bright clouds in which we recognize God’s presence already among us, working in us and through us as we struggle to do the right thing, even when the way is obscure and foggy, even when we are terrified, even when we confronted with anger, grief, failure. The way of the cross is not an easy road, but it does lead to deliverance, to freedom from unclean spirits, eventually to resurrection. Continue reading →

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Elegy

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

The world is still, on the edge of tears, even as it continues, as it must, to turn night to day and business to money and traffic to weariness. The leaves tremble at an unseen adjustment of air pressure; an … Continue reading →

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