Tag Archives: Simon Peter

What’s in a name?

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

By what name does God know you? By what name, into what name does God call you? What does that tell you about the path of your discipleship, about the ways in which you are called to live into the Gospel of Christ? Continue reading →

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Peter said no

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Rosalind C Hughes

How hard it is to let Jesus serve us, save us, and know that there is no repayment necessary nor sufficient, that Jesus does not need us to defend him or protect him. Continue reading →

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Peter denies the Christ

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Rosalind C Hughes

Peter denies the Christ(John 18:1-27) Malchus It was dark. Smokefrom torches refused to rise, hung about the olives and our eyes,flames close to dying as though lightitself were loath to bear witness Servant girl It was cold;the kind of springmorning … Continue reading →

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What the world needs now

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Rosalind C Hughes

“Don’t be afraid,” says Jesus, “From now on you will be catching people.” Simon, James, and John looked at the great crowd gathered on the sea shore to hear Jesus, to see Jesus, to find Jesus. And they put down their nets, and followed Jesus into the country, into the crowd, who needed more than anything to know the presence of the living God among them. Continue reading →

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