by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Dec 24, 2021 | Living the Liturgical Year, Published Writing, The Bible
Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel. (Is 7:14) And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger. (Lk 2:7) And the word became flesh and dwelt among us....
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...
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 | 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 | Nov 29, 2017 | Audio, Living the Liturgical Year, Serving the Church
With the season of Advent beginning this week, Pastor Jason Miller of South Bend City Church and I sat down to talk about the Advent and Christmas seasons. We had this conversation in church on Sunday morning & Tuesday night, and in an extended conversation which...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Dec 29, 2016 | Living the Liturgical Year, The Christian Imagination
But to apprehend The point of intersection of the timeless With time, is an occupation for the saint – No occupation either, but something given And taken, in a lifetime’s death in love, Ardour and selflessness and self-surrender. For most of us, there is...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Dec 21, 2015 | Living the Liturgical Year, The Christian Imagination
“Mama, it doesn’t feel like Christmas,” my five-year-old daughter declared while drinking hot chocolate on a steamy Sydney morning. “Why?” “Because we’re eating sweets and it’s hot…and we don’t have a Christmas tree.” For my North American children, Advent is a...
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