by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 12, 2023 | Fostering Faith, New Ideas and Research, News, Reading Well, The Bible, The Christian Imagination
I’ve got this exciting book project I’m working on… but to get it published, I need your help! THE BOOK IDEA: Fandoms & Faithful Reading:What Swifties, Jedi, and Wizards Can Teach the Church What if being a Christian looked like being a Swiftie, Jedi, or...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 17, 2021 | Fostering Faith, Raising Christian Kids, Reading Well, The Bible
The scroll of Esther, mid-15th century Iberian Megillah.Digitized by The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel. A couple months ago, my daughter asked me if I’d help her and her friends have a Bible reading group. I was delighted at the suggestion, but tried...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Feb 27, 2021 | Fostering Faith, Raising Christian Kids, Reading Well, The Bible
This is a guest post, written by my ten-year-old, Abi. She is a novice writer. This is Abi’s first public piece of writing. She let me make a few suggestions and help with punctuation. Enjoy… Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes — Esther. I’ve always thought she...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 27, 2020 | Fostering Faith, Living the Liturgical Year, Raising Christian Kids
This Sunday (November 29), the first week of Advent, begins a new liturgical year for western Christians. As our family gathers greenery for a wreath, searches for candles in the cupboard, and assembles the prayers we will use each week, I have to admit…I’m ready to...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 20, 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 2-of-3: Remember the Sabbath Day, keep it holy… After nearly five months of practicing Sabbath, as the autumn darkness settled in earlier and more...
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 | 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 | 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 | Apr 2, 2020 | College Classes, Fostering Faith, Reading Well, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video
Too often texts fall silent because we think we know the story. Or because we find the barriers of time, place, and culture insurmountable. At George Fox University we are exploring ways to bring creative educational solutions to students during the COVID-19 crisis...
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