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 | Jan 18, 2023 | Audio, New Ideas and Research, Published Writing, The Bible, Victorian Studies, Video
My first book Jesus in the Victorian Novel: Reimagining Christ looks at how Victorian novelists explored the Incarnation through fiction. In doing so, they shifted the focus from what Jesus did (specifically dying for the sins of the world) to who Jesus was: a...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 1, 2022 | Audio, Reading Well, The Bible, Video
Re-reading the Binding of Isaac (and understanding the relational fallout) As a literature professor, I encounter many students who are literate but not literary. They can read fluently for information, but they are blind to the ways stories engross, delight,...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 26, 2022 | Book Review, Reading Well, The Bible
Have Christians profoundly misunderstood the Pharisees? What if they were actually insightful and humane interpreters of scripture, breaking down barriers between the Temple and the populace because they believed holiness was for everyone, not just the elite? Growing...
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 | 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 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...
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