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 | 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...
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 | Nov 28, 2013 | Living the Liturgical Year, Raising Christian Kids
While shopping today, my three-year-old pointed to a Christmas tree and asked, “why can’t people wait for Christmas”? She didn’t ask it critically but out of curiosity, interrogating the expression “oh, they just can’t wait for Christmas” more than the theology. It...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 29, 2012 | Living the Liturgical Year
The Christian year begins on Sunday, December 2nd this year, with the beginning of Advent—so for western Christians, now is the time to take stock of the year past and to make resolutions for the future as we once again begin to communally join ourselves to the story...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Dec 2, 2011 | Living the Liturgical Year
Black Friday—the traditional American shopping day that occurs the day after American Thanksgiving or the final Friday in November—has long been a tradition in the United States. For those who don’t know about it, it is the day that many retailers “go into the black”...
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