Tag Archives: prayer

Stations of the Nativity

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Before this Christmas season leaves us, and while it is still fresh in the memory, here is a plan for Stations of the Nativity that you are welcome to use and adapt – but please give credit to this blog! … Continue reading →

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A GOEs Prayer

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

My prayer for those (especially Jon, Adam, Lisa, Michael, Linda, Katherine, and Jennifer) taking GOEs (General OrdinationExaminations set by the General Board of Examining Chaplains of the Episcopal Church) this week: All-knowing God, Grant, I humbly beg you, to your servants … Continue reading →

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Thursday, December 22nd: Blue Christmas

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Tonight, St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Elyria: Blue Christmas, for when Christmas hurts. A service of healing and hope, prayer, candlelight and Communion. Come and join us to lay down the heaviness of your own heart, or to help lift the hearts of … Continue reading →

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Friday, December 16th: Forgetfulness

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

This week, I have been forgetting things. I forgot an appointment, which is a disgraceful waste of someone’s time. I forgot to take the power lead for my computer to work, which was just inconvenient and annoying. I forgot my bread … Continue reading →

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Monday, December 12th: an Advent litany

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

This is the cycle of litanies we used with Anglican prayer beads at last Friday’s Advent Sabbath time at St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Elyria, Ohio. Try punctuating them with hymns or Taize songs, or five to ten minutes of silence.  An … Continue reading →

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Honest to God

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

A sermon for Year A Proper 21, delivered at St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Lakewood, OH on September 25, 2011 Exodus 17:1-7; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 Over the summer, while I was visiting with someone, he began to talk about his prayer … Continue reading →

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Spiritual vs. religious?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

During the past week, I have been following a back-and-forth on my facebook newsfeed and twitter timeline discussing the religious response to the “spiritual but not religious” label, and a thoughtful and thought-provoking invitation to engage with both labels and … Continue reading →

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Portents

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

This week has been a bit, well, portenty; omenfull, as it were. If I were of a nervous disposition, I might be getting a little bit jumpy. It started on Tuesday, with the purchase of not one but two temporary … Continue reading →

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A prayer life or une vie de priere?

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

The past two weeks I’ve been constantly on the move (or so it’s seemed). First, to the centre of England and a quiet village and a quaint cottage filled to the rafters with family; then a few glorious days in … Continue reading →

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