Tag Archives: Matthew 22:15-22

Render

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

Give to God what is God’s, he said, and some, taking him at his Word, went out to prepare the holy sacrifice.

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God head

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

Note: this week’s #preparingforSundaywithpoetry takes non-random words from the Gospel and pairs them to unearth (or undermine) the meaning of the exchange. These words appear in the NRSV translation. Continue reading →

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Rendering repentance

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

we have been charged first to love God, with all of our heart, and mind, and strength, and soul; and then to love our neighbours as ourselves. These are the faces that should open us up, unlock our compassion and our humanity. Continue reading →

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Year A Proper 24: the stewardship sermon

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

The question about taxes, and rendering unto Caesar, led into a sermon with time for pew-talk. The outline / framework went something like this: Jesus does a really nice politician’s job of handing the question back to the Pharisees and … Continue reading →

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Render

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

A silhouette against my eyelids, black on red; a name beaten out by my heart’s tattoo; the claim that staked me through and through; I render unto, surrender unto – whose image and title is this?

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