by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Mar 23, 2018 | Fostering Faith, Living the Liturgical Year, The Christian Imagination
Where we live, its fish-fry season. If you live in the Americas, Europe, or Australia, you might also notice Friday fish-n-chip specials or the filet-o-fish featured at McDonalds. If you were wondering why fish seems so popular in February and March, it’s because this...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Dec 3, 2017 | Fostering Faith, Living the Liturgical Year
Happy New Year! Advent, the start of the Christian year, is upon us again. Rather than being a season for shopping and celebrating, Advent creates space for us confront the injustice, evil, and brokenness we see around us with the holy expectation of God’s coming....
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 3, 2017 | Fostering Faith
A previous post of mine was a confession that I fear chaos, I fear the brokenness of this world that seems to threaten at every term. Coupled with this is the repeated biblical cry, “How long, O Lord!” How long will you forget me? How long will the wicked prosper? How...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Feb 6, 2017 | Fostering Faith, Raising Christian Kids
Simeon was born on February 2nd, 2014 and died 40 minutes later. My friends were very excited for his birth—they had both lost a parent earlier in the year and were very much looking forward to something to celebrate. Five days before his birth, they received the...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 27, 2016 | Fostering Faith, The Bible
I hate it when well-meaning people tell me that God has a plan for my life. Why do I hate it, you might ask? Because it is exactly what I’m afraid of… The idea that God has a plan for a person’s life is a notion that ought to strike fear into the heart of any sensible...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 7, 2016 | Fostering Faith
Post #3 of a Three-Post Series: <= Post #1 — You know where to find me <= Post #2 — Rocks, a Tent, and a Felony (or Two) My scalp was itching. Just a bit but itchy nonetheless. I lay in bed a few days after John and Adam first worked in my yard...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 4, 2016 | Fostering Faith
Post #2 of a Three-Post Series:<= Post #1 — You know where to find me=> Post #3 — The Social Economy Two days later, the weather turned shockingly cold. I had set out on a walk with Ziva, thankful for the cool gray sky but unprepared for just how...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jun 30, 2016 | Fostering Faith
Post #1 of a Three-Post Series: => Post #2 — Rocks, a Tent, and a Felony (or Two) => Post #3 — The Social Economy “If I had some water, I’d give you a drink!” Panting, I looked down at the grizzled man sitting on the corner. A ripped Notre Dame cap...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Mar 24, 2016 | Fostering Faith, The Christian Imagination
When I was younger, Good Friday inspired me. While I was thankful for Jesus’ sacrifice, I viewed it as the heroic act of an individual, independent human being—an adult choosing to give his life for others, which it was. And, such an act is worthy of the highest...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 26, 2015 | Fostering Faith
“Be joyful, Though you have considered all the facts.” Wendell Berry, “Manifesto: Mad Farmer’s Liberation Front” My husband and I bought a Great Dane puppy a few years ago. (Think of Marmaduke or Scooby-Doo and you have a good idea of what we’re dealing...
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