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God Has a Plan for Your Life—And It Might Be Horrible!

God Has a Plan for Your Life—And It Might Be Horrible!

by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 27, 2016 | Fostering Faith, The Bible

I hate it when well-meaning people tell me that God has a plan for my life. Why do I hate it, you might ask? Because it is exactly what I’m afraid of… The idea that God has a plan for a person’s life is a notion that ought to strike fear into the heart of any sensible...
“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...
The Chaos Waiting Around the Corner

The Chaos Waiting Around the Corner

by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Feb 6, 2014 | Fostering Faith

I have a confession to make: I am deeply afraid of the chaos that lingers at our doorstep, the chaos that rips into our mundane lives, forever marking a particular moment. It is the moment of the cancer diagnosis, the car accident, the death of an infant. The moment...
Mothering, Blame & Control

Mothering, Blame & Control

by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 4, 2011 | Raising Christian Kids

Helicopter Parenting. Free-Range Parenting. Attachment Parenting. Natural Parenting. Feminist Parenting.  I could list may more but the point in each is the same: each offers a way, a method for producing the perfect child…and if not the perfect child, at...

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