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by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 21, 2016 | Reading Well, The Christian Imagination

One of my favorite pass-times is watching TV shows on DVD (or it once was, as now we binge-watch Netflix instead). The series can be so engaging that sometimes I see myself enmeshed in the storyline to such an extent that the boundary between real life and the show...
Creation is Good (but my kid’s bible got it wrong!)

Creation is Good (but my kid’s bible got it wrong!)

by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Feb 1, 2016 | Raising Christian Kids, Reading Well, The Bible, Uncategorized

A few nights ago, I was reading a popular children’s Bible with my kids. We read through the creation story describing how God made the light, separated the waters, formed the land, made the plants, animals, and finally made people. As we read, something troubled me...
“Be joyful, Though you have considered all the facts.”

“Be joyful, Though you have considered all the facts.”

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...
Will there be Macs in Heaven?

Will there be Macs in Heaven?

by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 7, 2011 | The Christian Imagination

Steve Jobs’ death on Wednesday “provoked the largest online response of any event in recent history” according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Even the briefest survey of news outlets, Twitter, and Google seems to support this claim. I became a Mac user in the late 90s...
Gluttony, Justice, and Grace

Gluttony, Justice, and Grace

by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Aug 12, 2011 | Fostering Faith, New Ideas and Research

Donna Simpson has been making headlines over the past few weeks for her goal of becoming the world’s fattest woman. News clips of the morbidly obese woman discussing her goal run like  parodies of similar human interest stories: her partner “supporting” Donna in her...

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