Tag Archives: Ohio

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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Do not harden your heart

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Rosalind C Hughes

More guns in our children’s schools do not make our children, nor their teachers, safer. Continue reading →

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#DoSomething

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Rosalind C Hughes

Expanding background checks makes us accountable to one another for the spread and distribution of deadly weapons. Red flag laws would be, I believe, an Act of compassion. We might even find, as we re-examine our relationship with guns, that we do not need them as much, or as many, or to hold them as close as we have thought. Continue reading →

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A country mile

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Free kittens. Free manure. Town Hall Meeting: Noise & Shooting Tonight; signs of our times.

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Life and death, justice, humanity and God

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

When I was studying theology the first time around, long ago, I remember a discussion about the concepts of justice. Justice, we were taught, could be of one or more of four different characters: retributive, protective, deterrent, or reformative/rehabilitative. Retributive justice is … Continue reading →

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