by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 18, 2020 | Fostering Faith, Living the Liturgical Year, Raising Christian Kids, The Bible
<< Backstory Pt 1-of-3: Bats & the Bible (how our family started practicing Sabbath)Backstory Pt 3-of-3: Practicing Sabbath >> Remember the sabbath day, keep it holy… “You guys never do that!” “Yeah, you’re bad because you don’t do what God says!”...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 16, 2020 | Fostering Faith, Living the Liturgical Year, Raising Christian Kids, The Bible
Backstory Pt 2-of-3: Remember the Sabbath Day, keep it holy… >>Backstory Pt 3-of-3: Practicing Sabbath >> It all started with the bats… About eight weeks into the Covid-19 pandemic that shut down schools and churches, restaurants and parks, my daughter and...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 4, 2020 | College Classes, Reading Well, Teaching and Academic Design, Video
This challenge may be impossible… As a student, I discovered that some professors are great lecturers: they will tell students everything they need to know about the reading in class! In fact, for someone like Kant, a good lecture might be far more...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Sep 9, 2020 | Fostering Faith, Raising Christian Kids
In a recent Q Session, Francis Chan reportedly told listeners… “I hear in a lot of churches they’ve got to meet together again because of our kids. And I’m going, ‘Man, God should wake you up right there. Parents are supposed to be teaching their...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Aug 2, 2020 | Serving the Church, The Bible
Painting Credit | Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by Odilon Redon, 1903 A Homily for the St. Michael – San Miguel Episcopal Church in Newberg, Oregon. Lessons from the Lectionary Readings for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Genesis 32:22-31 Psalm...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 19, 2020 | Fostering Faith, News
On a Friday in 2007 I sat beside Jim Packer in a small Chinese Restaurant in Vancouver, Canada. I had no idea what I’d say to someone who, till the moment, had been as real to me as CS Lewis or John Stott. He was a name on the spine of a book. He had shelves to...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jun 27, 2020 | Serving the Church, The Bible
Painting Credit | Sacrifice of Isaac by Titian, 1544 A Homily for the St. Michael – San Miguel Episcopal Church in Newberg, Oregon. Lessons from the Lectionary Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42 The...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | May 24, 2020 | Audio, Serving the Church, The Bible
Last Sunday I had the opportunity to speak for South Bend City Church via their podcast, since they are foregoing large gatherings amid Covid-19. The assignment was simple: pick a favorite story about Jesus and reflect on it. Easy, right? (Well, easy so long as you...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 25, 2020 | New Ideas and Research, Teaching and Academic Design
Before COVID-19, I started reading about design thinking because Jamie Turner shared an article about design thinking in K-12 classrooms. What I discovered shocked me…it was….EXACTLY WHAT WE DO IN THE LIBERAL ARTS CLASSROOM. Seriously. “Design” as a way of...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 16, 2020 | College Classes, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video
Ever wished there was a gospel written specifically for those really bleak, hopeless moments when all appears lost? A gospel writer that seems to sit with us in our questions and brokenness? The Gospel of Mark might be the account of Jesus’ life for exactly those...
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