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The justice of God is love

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

if the waiting, the hoping, the living become heavy enough that you feel the scales tipping, I want you to do three things. I want you to have the suicide crisis line, dial 988, on speed dial in your phone. And I want you, if you have guns in your home, to find someone you trust to take them out of your reach. And I want you to remember this: the vineyard owner did not give up on the day, or the people awaiting good news. Continue reading →

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The middle man

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

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First and last

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

Do you remember how,in the parable, he paid them, last and first?To the first he was fair, but to the last he was magnificent. Neither knew whether to laugh or shout or fall to their knees; so we, too, swayed between the thirsty and the relieved, envying and blaming each in … Continue reading →

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