by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jan 28, 2016 | College Classes, Reading Well, The Christian Imagination
Over the past ten years, I have really enjoyed watching movies and TV shows in my “down time.” But, increasingly, it is impossible to watch (or, more correctly, binge-watch) the quality “complex TV” (as Jason Mittell calls it) without including these texts in my work...
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...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 26, 2015 | Reading Well, The Christian Imagination
Last week, my husband and I started watching The Blacklist. For those of you who are not familiar with this highly addictive show, it is part spy-flick and part love story as the notorious criminal Raymond “Red” Reddington works with the FBI to bring the world’s most...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 1, 2015 | Reading Well, The Christian Imagination, Victorian Studies
Readers of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited often remark on the novel’s many profound, evocative reflections on Christian faith. And, to be fair, there are many memorable quotes to be found in its pages. But, what makes the novel great are not its many quotable...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 13, 2015 | Fostering Faith, The Christian Imagination
During the Easter season, Christians have traditionally greeted each other with the words “Christ is risen!,” to which the faithful reply, “He is risen, indeed!” The tradition is seldom practiced in North America or Australia anymore, apart from the opening of the...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Dec 4, 2014 | Living the Liturgical Year, The Christian Imagination
How well do you wait? Sunday marked the beginning of Advent and, once again, I find myself writing Advent post here at Wondering Fair. In the past, I’ve written about the narrative importance of Advent, the traditional observance of Advent, and why people like to rush...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 2, 2014 | The Christian Imagination
Recently U2 released its new album Songs of Innocence to everyone who uses iTunes. It was free, automatic, a gift. While there is much to say about this deeply personal album, much to say about the publicity-stunt release, and much to say about the corporate alignment...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 17, 2014 | Raising Christian Kids, The Christian Imagination
As a little girl, I loved Strawberry Shortcake and My Little Ponies. My daughter has, somehow, developed a similar love thanks to the ubiquitous marketing that puts such characters—or Disney Princesses—on everything. But, when she made me a lovely picture this week at...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jun 26, 2014 | The Christian Imagination
Marcelo Gleiser, a theoretical physicist specializing in cosmology, nonlinear physics, and astrobiology, has a new book out, (The Island of Knowledge, The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning) reviewed yesterday on NPR. I have not yet read the book but it...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Dec 26, 2013 | The Bible, The Christian Imagination
August was world breastfeeding month, which meant that breastfeeding―and controversies surrounding feeding (especially in public) helped fill the slow, late-summer news cycles. But the stories have continued into the fall. Melbourne photographer Christopher Rimmer’s...
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