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Room at the Table: Limiting Ourselves to Make Space for Others this Lent

Room at the Table: Limiting Ourselves to Make Space for Others this Lent

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...
Deeper Magic: Death Starts Working Backwards on Good Friday

Deeper Magic: Death Starts Working Backwards on Good Friday

by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 11, 2017 | Reading Well, The Christian Imagination

The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think That we are sound, substantial flesh and blood— Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good. In 1922 T.S. Eliot published The Waste Land, a lengthy, complex...
Standing with Mary on  Good Friday

Standing with Mary on Good Friday

by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Mar 24, 2016 | Fostering Faith, The Christian Imagination

When I was younger, Good Friday inspired me. While I was thankful for Jesus’ sacrifice, I viewed it as the heroic act of an individual, independent human being—an adult choosing to give his life for others, which it was. And, such an act is worthy of the highest...
Χριστος Ανεστη

Χριστος Ανεστη

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...

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