by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Feb 6, 2017 | Fostering Faith, Raising Christian Kids
Simeon was born on February 2nd, 2014 and died 40 minutes later. My friends were very excited for his birth—they had both lost a parent earlier in the year and were very much looking forward to something to celebrate. Five days before his birth, they received the...
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 25, 2013 | Raising Christian Kids, The Christian Imagination
My nearly three-year old daughter has a beautifully illustrated version of the Lord’s Prayer* that we read almost every night. She piously folds her little hands and says the words along with us, slowing coming to understand each phrase. She knows that “thy kingdom...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Dec 30, 2011 | Fostering Faith, Living the Liturgical Year
While Christmas decorations are starting to come down and the world’s attention is turned to the celebration of the new year, I am still immersed in Christmas. Many people where we live try to observe the entire Christmas season—all twelve days of it—as a time of...
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...
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...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 23, 2010 | Reading Well, Victorian Studies
To receive and to return gifts is no easy matter. How often has the kindly birthday or Christmas gift from a boss or acquaintance led to panic the following year, as you try to figure out how to reciprocate at the right price-point and level of thoughtfulness: a...
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