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Word and deed

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Rosalind C Hughes

Prophets, true prophets, are truth-tellers. They are not in the prophecy business for popularity. Unlike politicians, their constituency is not power brokers but the poor in spirit, the people of God who seek hope not in empires and armies but in the word of God, God’s promise to their ancestors to walk with them and not to leave them lost and alone. Continue reading →

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Year B Easter 3: joy and disbelieving

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

Did you ever feel as though you came in halfway through the story? I mean, that’s not always a bad thing: in film school, they teach this technique called in media res for opening sequences, meaning start in the middle … Continue reading →

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Your faith has saved you

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

There are those who believe that a world in which miracles happen is one in which we could not live without the unpredictability driving us insane. Others feel that a world without miracles is one in which we would not … Continue reading →

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