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Because all is not lost

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

I do not think that you are a harsh and grasping God, and there is nowhere to reap that you did not sow, whether with promise or with judgement; what, then, to make of this weeping and gnashing? If you are to be believed, the one who doesn’t recognize your … Continue reading →

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Revolution

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Two centuries after the Declaration of Independence, and two millennia after the birth, death, and resurrection of the Christ, we are still prone to fall back on familiar figures of authority, and to forget the revolutionary promises of the gospel. Continue reading →

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Year A Proper 28: the rewrite

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

At first glance, it’s an easy one. The master distributes wealth, gifts, talents. The recipients either put them to work and harvest their reward, or bury them, ignore them, and finally hand them back covered with dirt and none the … Continue reading →

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