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Elements of creation, currency of compassion

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Rosalind C Hughes

What would we pay to defray the risk of storing explosive chemicals among people’s living spaces? What would we give for an economy that could never be said to depend upon a thousand deaths per day from pandemic to stay afloat? What would we confront in order to be able to offer a cup of clean water to the children of Flint?
What would it take for us to get out of the boat? Continue reading →

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Sinners at the cross of angry Jesus

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

I’m not going to go through the Commandments one by one, because frankly, unless we can reconcile our fundamental issues with the first three and the prohibition on killing, not to mention loving our neighbour, I do not see a way for us to achieve any kind of passing grade. Continue reading →

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Year A Epiphany 7: How to be perfect

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

There is good news in the fact that the Lord our God is holy. There is grace in the perfection of our heavenly Father, and we wouldn’t want any lesser kind of god. But what do we make of these … Continue reading →

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